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TUESDAY March 21, 2023: 'QUAKE SURVIVORS: Inside Tent Cities' by ZUMA Press photographer SHADY ALASSAR. More than a month since two devastating earthquakes and numerous aftershocks hit south-east Turkey and Syria, millions of children remain in need of urgent humanitarian support. The collective death toll is now more than 50,000, while more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes. Even before this disaster, more than 6.5 million children in Syria needed humanitarian aid due to the ongoing conflict. Welcome to 'QUAKE SURVIVORS: Inside Tent Cities'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #881: TUESDAY March 21, 2023: 'QUAKE SURVIVORS: Inside Tent Cities' by ZUMA Press photographer SHADY ALASSAR. More than a month since two devastating earthquakes and numerous aftershocks hit south-east Turkey and Syria, millions of children remain in need of urgent humanitarian support. The collective death toll is now more than 50,000, while more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes. Even before this disaster, more than 6.5 million children in Syria needed humanitarian aid due to the ongoing conflict. Welcome to 'QUAKE SURVIVORS: Inside Tent Cities'
An aerial view of the ruined city of Kahramanmara in southern Turkey, with destroyed houses and apartment buildings after the deadly earthquake.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
Victims' families wait for the bodies of loved ones to be removed from under the rubble in southern Turkey after the devastating earthquake struck the region leaving 50,000 people dead and 1.5 million homeless.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
A young girl fights back tears at a clothing distribution center in Southern Turkey as earthquake survivors receive much needed aid from around the world.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
An aerial view of a tent city filling a sports arena after the earthquake in Kahramanmara, southern Turkey. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 50,000.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
A local resident and store owner who survived the quake, looks through the remains of her flower shop after the earthquake on in Southern Turkey.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
Syrian family displaced by a devastating earthquake adjust to daily life in a tent shelter in Southern Turkey.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
A young boy displaced to a tent city after the earthquake plays a 'pianica' keyboard for entertainment outside his families makeshift home in southern Turkey.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
HULYA ADIYAMAN 30, sits in front of her shelter in the tent city in Kahramanmara. She broke her foot during the deadly earthquake which has killed 50,000 and left 1.5 million homeless.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
A little boy stands outside his families makeshift shelter in the tent city after the earthquake in Southern Turkey made them homeless.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
A Syrian family displaced by a devastating earthquake sit inside their tent and adjust to daily life in a tent city in Southern Turkey.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
A young girl delights in some donated clothes she received as personal items and clothes are distributed to earthquake victims in southern Turkey. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 50,000.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire
A police officer gives balloons to displaced children in a tent camp for earthquake survivors in Kahramanmara.
© Shady Alassar/ZUMA Press Wire

Shady Alassar

SHADY ALASSAR is a photojournalist based in Turkey, he covers breaking news, conflict and social issues in the region and his work is available via ZUMA Press.:881


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