- Firemen and rescuers inspect damaged buildings in Amatrice on August 24, 2016 after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy. The earthquake left 38 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country’s civil protection unit said in the first official death toll. Scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry in communities close to the epicentre of the pre-dawn quake in a remote area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
- Firemen and rescuers inspect damaged buildings in Amatrice on August 24, 2016 after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy. The earthquake left 38 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country’s civil protection unit said in the first official death toll. Scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry in communities close to the epicentre of the pre-dawn quake in a remote area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
- Rescuers help injured people in Amatrice on August 24, 2016 after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy. The earthquake left 38 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country’s civil protection unit said in the first official death toll. Scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry in communities close to the epicentre of the pre-dawn quake in a remote area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
- Rescuers carry the body of a victim next to the rubble of buildings in Amatrice on August 24, 2016 after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy. The earthquake left 38 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country’s civil protection unit said in the first official death toll. Scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry in communities close to the epicentre of the quake, which had a magnitude of between 6.0 and 6.2, according to monitors. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
- Una oficina del servicio estatal de correos rodeada de escombros en la localidad de Arcuata del Tronto, en el centro de Italia, tras un sismo de magnitud 6,1, el 24 de agosto de 2016. (AP Foto/Sandro Perozzi)
- Un edificio se mantiene en pie luego de que parte de su estructura se derrumbase tras un sismo que remeció la localidad de Amatrice, en el centro de Italia, el 24 de agosto de 2016. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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- A man cries as another injured is helped in Amatrice, central Italy, where a 6.1 earthquake struck just after 3:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The quake was felt across a broad section of central Italy, including the capital Rome where people in homes in the historic center felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. (AP Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
- Rescuers and residents walk amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in Amatrice, central Italy, where a 6.1 earthquake struck just after 3:30 a.m., Italy, 24 August 2016. The quake was felt across a broad section of central Italy, including the capital Rome where people in homes in the historic center felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
- Rescuers search for survivors amidst the rubble following an earthquake, in Amatrice, central Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. A devastating earthquake rocked central Italy early Wednesday, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)