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This Happened In Turkey — Photo Of The Week

The Feb. 6 earthquake, with a magnitude of at least Mww 7.8, has destroyed thousands of buildings in southern and central Turkey, as well as locations across the border in Syria. Many of the more than 20,000 dead were killed in those collapsing buildings.

Yet even as we try to tally to the toll of the disaster, each victim is a tragedy all on its own. And from far away, photographs help remind us of this truth.

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A father's grief

Adem Altan, a veteran Ankara-based photographer working for the French news agency AFP, rushed to Kahramanmaraş, a city near the epicenter of the earthquake. There, he encountered a man, Mesut Hancer, sitting on a pile of broken bricks that were once his home.

Hancer called out to the photographer: "Take pictures of my child." The father was holding the hand of his 15-year-old daughter, Irmak, whose body was still lying on the mattress she fell asleep on when the earthquake hit and her home collapsed.

Altan captured the grief of a father, and of a nation. "I couldn't stop myself from crying," the AFP photographer said.

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“Who'll Stop The Rain?” Why Climate Anxiety Hits Harder In Brazil

Rain often brings deadly flooding and property damage to neighborhoods around Brazil, where people are organizing to address the worsening problem. But there is

Image of rescuers helping victims of mudslides that had catastrophic consequences on both infrastructure and citizens.

Rescuers saving the victims of devastating mudslides that swamped the Brazilian city of Petropolis last year near Rio de Janeiro.

Luize Sampaio

RIO DE JANEIRO — Cover the mirrors, turn off all the electrical appliances and call to find out where your child is. Listen to the sirens, the thunder, the roof swaying, and feel the fear of not knowing what to do.

These are familiar feelings for many in Brazil, who still remember rainy-day survival advice shared by parents and grandparents. In Rio de Janeiro, which has seen more than two-thirds of the deaths caused by environmental disasters in Brazil over the past decade, climate anxiety is very real.

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