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Rescuers search for victims of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Diyarbakir, in southeastern Turkey, levelling buildings across several cities and causing damages in neighbouring Syria. (Photo by Mahmut BOZARSLAN / AFPTV / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUT BOZARSLAN/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)

World Death toll rises following 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria

<p>More than 1,200 people have been killed as an earthquake hit Turkey and Syria (Photo: Getty Images)</p>

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