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-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 --..Local residents waiting for news of their relatives, sit by a bonfire near the rubble of collapsed buildings in Hatay, on February 14, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria nears 40,000 on February 14, 2023, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 (KEYSTONE/AFP/YASIN AKGUL)