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“Apocalisse Turchia”: Turkey-Syria Earthquake On 24 World Newspaper Front Pages

International newspapers are relaying the destruction and drama after a powerful earthquake devastated southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border Monday, killing more than 5,000.

“Apocalisse Turchia”: Turkey-Syria Earthquake On 24 World Newspaper Front Pages
Hugo Perrin-Paulus

More than 5,000 people were killed and at least 15,000 injured in southeastern Turkey and over the border in Syria, as a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the early hours of Monday near the city of Gaziantep, followed by numerous powerful aftershocks.

The race against the clock has now begun for rescuers to find survivors in the rubble, amid winter weather conditions. The World Health Organization is warning that the death toll may rise dramatically as more victims are found amid the debris.

Here is a selection of how international newspapers featured the death, devastation and faint hopes of finding survivors, on their front pages Tuesday morning.

Hürriyet (Turkey)


Hurriyet

Milliyet (Turkey)

Milliyet

Dünya (Turkey)

Dünya

Die Tageszeitung (Germany)

Die Tageszeitung

ABC (Spain)

ABC

El Periódico de España​ (Spain)

El Periódico de España

Libération (France)

Libération

Le Dauphiné Libéré (France)

Le Dauphiné Libéré

La Croix (France)

La Croix

La Stampa (Italy)

La Stampa

Diário de Noticias (Portugal)

Diário de Noticias

The Guardian (UK)

The Guardian

Folha de São Paulo (Brazil)

Folha de São Paulo

Correo Sur (Bolivia)

Correo Sur

Las Últimas Noticias (Chile)

Las Últimas Noticias

La Cronica De Hoy (Mexico)

La Cronica De Hoy

Hoy (Argentina)

Hoy

The New York Times (USA)

The New York Times

The Wall Street Journal (USA)

The Wall Street Journal

Financial Times

Financial Times

The Gazette (Canada)

The Gazette

The Jerusalem Post (Israel)

The Jerusalem Post

The Star (South Africa)

The Star

​Lianhe Zaobao (Singapore)

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