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The number of people killed in two Venezuelan earthquakes jumps to at least 920, with 3,360 injured, according to officials

As heroic rescue missions continue around the clock, sometimes with people digging through rubble with their bare hands in towns and villages that are virtually demolished, there are organisations collecting donations to accelerate lifesaving efforts.

The quake's epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, and many of the victims are thought to be in remote villages nearby.

More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still missing in the country's worst modern disaster.

Le bilan du séisme de magnitude 7,8 qui a frappé lundi le sud de la Turquie et la Syrie voisine continue de croître: plus de 11'700 personnes ont perdu la vie et des milliers d'autres ont été blessées dans les deux pays. Comme des milliers d'immeubles se sont effondrés, l'OMS a dit craindre un bilan beaucoup plus lourd.

Specialist rescue teams from countries all over the world are flying out to Turkey to help find survivors in the rubble.