The death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 11,000 early Wednesday, as the frantic search for survivors of two powerful earthquakes and a series of violent aftershocks continued.
More than 24,000 rescue workers from around the world were picking through massive piles of debris looking for signs of life in a race against time, rescuing over 8,000 people from the rubble.
There were moments of joy among the overwhelming suffering and destruction, such as the rescue of several survivors who had been trapped under rubble for more than a day in Turkey's hard-hit Hatay province,