A 42-year-old woman has been rescued from the rubble of a building in southern Turkey, almost 222 hours after the devastating earthquake that hit the region last week.
In footage recorded by Turkish media, Melike Imamoglu is shown being pulled by rescue workers from the debris of a building in the city of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday.
The workers then put a thermal blanket on Imamoglu before examining her, strapping her to a stretcher and then carrying her to a nearby ambulance as the crowd around them applauds and chants “God is great”.
Rescue scenes like this have provided rare moments of hope amidst a sea of devastation, with the death toll following the two earthquakes currently standing at over 41,000 and expected to rise far higher.
