Rescuers still pulling survivors from beneath collapsed buildings in defiance of the odds

Rescue teams have pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in Turkey, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000, left millions homeless and sparked a huge relief effort.

Mosques around the world performed absentee funeral prayers for the dead in Turkey and Syria, many of whom could not receive full burial rites given the enormity of the disaster.

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