People in Turkiye and Syria Spend Nights Outdoors Amid Devastating Earthquake Cleanup

People sit near a bonfire amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkiye. Searchers were still pulling survivors on February 8 from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 15,000 people in Turkey and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed.

Rescue teams search for people at a destroyed building, in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkiye. With hopes of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by the world's deadliest earthquake in more than a decade.

Rescuers work at the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jandairis, as search and rescue operations continue following a tremendous earthquake.

The hope for finding survivors is fading, but the search and rescue continues even at night.

People warm up by a fire in front of destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkiye.

Rescuers search through the rubble of a collapsed building in Syria's northern city of Aleppo.

For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake, thousands of searchers have worked in freezing temperatures to find those still alive under flattened buildings on either side of the border.

A woman tries to warm next to a fire, in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkiye.

A man bring blankets and a mattress as rescue teams search for people in destroyed buildings in Elbistan, southern Turkiye.

Survivors try to warm up near a bonfire in Antakya, southern Turkiye.