The earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday has killed more than 2,800 people, and the toll is expected to rise as rescuers reach hard-hit remote mountainous areas.
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Crowds sing Moroccan national anthem and hold a minute of silence to honour the victims of last weekend's devastating earthquake.
Moroccan rescuers supported by foreign teams on Monday faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors from the rubble of mountain villages after the country's strongest-ever earthquake
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The collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates occurred at a relatively shallow depth, which makes a quake more dangerous, experts say
"When the earthquake hit, I came home to find the house destroyed and the children under the rubble. I didn't think any of them would make it out alive, considering the extent of the destruction of the house." Thami Baddi, resident of Moulay Brahim
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