Morocco earthquake

On 8 September 2023 a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Marrakech and the surrounding area causing devastating damage with thousands of people killed and injured

2 teenagers sitting on the rubble of a house in the town of Imi N'Tala watch the "Movement on the ground" rescuers search for a possible survivor.

Relatives and neighbours of a family of five, four of whom died, look at the rubble of what used to be their home in the town of Mulay Brahim.

A man talks on the phone on top of the rubble of a house as he watches a corpse being removed in the Moroccan town of Amizmiz.

Movement on the ground" rescuers search through the rubble with a machine for a possible 17-year-old survivor in the town of Imi N'Tala.

Three men lying on a mattress pose in front of a house completely destroyed by the earthquake in the city of Idni.

Jemal poses in front of what used to be his home in the town of Idni, where he and his son spent 24 hours buried alive before being rescued. His brother, his brother's wife and his son died.

Youseff shows the room where he was sleeping when the earthquake started and the wall fell on top of him in the city of Amizmiz.

Jemal and his son, survivors of the Morocco earthquake in the town of Idni.

A group of men carry out rescue work to dig up the body of an 80-year-old woman in the town of Amizmiz.

A woman takes a photo with her phone of earthquake damage in the city of Amizmiz.

Two women carry another injured by the earthquake in the Moroccan town of Amizmiz.