People inspect their damaged homes after an earthquake in Moulay Brahim village on Saturday
(Mosa’ab Elshamy / Associated Press)
A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging buildings in a swath of destruction stretching from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. The full death toll was not known as rescuers struggled to get through boulder-strewn roads to the remote mountain villages hit hardest.
A man cries as he sits on the rubble of a house in the village of Tikht, Morocco, on Sunday.
(Fethi Belaid / AFP via Getty Images)
Women react as volunteers recover the body of a family member from the rubble of collapsed houses in the village of Imi N’Tala, Morocco, on Sunday.
(Fadel Senna / AFP via Getty Images)
People carry the remains of a victim of the earthquake in the village of Imi N’Tala in central Morocco on Saturday.
(Fadel Senna / AFP via Getty Images)
A woman evacuates with her belongings through the rubble in the Old City of Marrakech on Saturday.
(Fadel Senna / AFP/Getty Images)
A woman reacts to the devastation outside her earthquake-damaged house in the Old City in Marrakech.
(Fadel Senna / AFP/Getty Images)
A cracked mosque minaret teeters after Friday’s earthquake in Moulay Brahim village, near Marrakech.
(Mosa’ab Elshamy / Associated Press)
A man views a heavily damaged hotel in Moulay Brahim.
(Mosa’ab Elshamy / Associated Press)
Residents take shelter outside Saturday in a square in Marrakech.
(Fadel Senna / AFP/Getty Images)
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