Horrific scale of Turkey earthquake disaster in numbers as death toll nears 19,000
The death toll passed 19,000 on Thursday morning, as the WHO fears that numbers could reach 20,000
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Toddler pulled from ruins after 78 hours trapped by Turkey earthquake
Earlier, in the same city, a father and daughter were pulled from the wreckage of another collapsed building