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Almost every home was destroyed or heavily damaged and rescuers have been working around the clock to pull survivors from under the rubble, racing against time in cold weather.

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PHOTO: Swiss rescue team handing over a four-month-old girl called Abir rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building following a massive earthquake, Feb. 6, 2023, in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 8, 2023.
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Workers pulled a man in his 30s out of the ruins as a jubilant crowd burst into cheers and tears. A little while later, they find a woman, then another.

Video: 10-year-old girl rescued from rubble in Antakya, Turkey

These moments of hope among the devastation keep them going as darkness falls.

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PHOTO: Search and rescue teams work to find survivors trapped under collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2023.
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More than 80 hours after the quake, rescuers using pails along with other equipment, find a man and his mother, and pull them out alive.

Video: Quake rescuers help save family trapped in rubble

Even as more help arrives, hope for finding survivors dwindles.

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PHOTO: A member of a South Korean rescue team searches for survivors with the help of a bandaged rescue dog, at the site of a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 10, 2023.
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There are more than 100 bodies waiting for identification in a makeshift morgue outside the Antakya hospital, according to The Associated Press.

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PHOTO: People carry the body of earthquake victim to an makeshift morgue outside a hospital in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2023.
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PHOTO: Men carry the body of an earthquake victim from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2023.
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Residents left homeless, spend nights outdoors, burning debris to keep warm as overnight temperatures drop below freezing.

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PHOTO: A man uses a lantern to check damaged buildings, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 8, 2023.
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PHOTO: People try to stay warm and temperatures drop by a fire next to destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey, Feb. 9, 2023.
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More than 600 aftershocks are slowing recovery efforts and make the task more dangerous.

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PHOTO: A man watches volunteers search for bodies in the old quarter of Antakya, Turkey, three days after the earthquake, Feb. 9, 2023.
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Little aid from the government has reached the city and the need is overwhelming. People walk the streets in tears, dazed. There is no place to go. Everything is covered in dust.

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PHOTO: Volunteers distribute aid to people in Antakya, southern Turkey, Feb. 8, 2023.
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PHOTO: Family photographs are uncovered in the debris of collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 8, 2023.
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Even with some 120,000 rescuers across Turkey and Syria now taking part in the effort, the task is daunting. With every passing hour, the likelihood of finding survivors diminishes.

Video: Drone footage shows earthquake destruction in Antakya, Turkey

Rescuers gave sips of water to a young boy they found trapped while they worked to free him.

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PHOTO: Muhammed Ahmed is given sips of water from a bottle cap as rescuers work to free him from the wreckage in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 7, 2023, following the earthquake
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Family members wait in the cold near the rubble to see if their loved ones will be found, alive or dead.

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PHOTO: Displaced residents sit near their collapsed home as rescue operations continue in Antakya, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2023.
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PHOTO: A map shows the epicenters of the 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes in Turkey.
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ABC News' Ian Pannell and Moe Zoyari contributed to this report.

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