It has now been a week since a deadly earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria, killing upwards of 33,000 people. But rescue efforts have continued nonetheless, with survivors pulled from the rubble after 170 hours.
Woman, 40, pulled alive from wreckage a week after earthquake
A woman has been pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey this morning, a week after two deadly earthquakes struck the country.
Sibel Kaya was rescued in the Gaziantep region some 170 hours after the powerful tremor devastated the province, which was close to the epicentre.
Rescuers in Kahramanmaras in the south had also made contact with three more survivors, CNN reported, believed to be a mother, daughter, and baby.
The chances of finding survivors is dwindling a week on, but it isn't impossible.
The death toll across Syria and Turkey rose to 33,000 on Sunday, and this is likely to continue to rise.
On Sunday, rescue teams from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus pulled a man alive from a collapsed building in Turkey, about 160 hours after the quake struck.
"Rescue work to remove the man from the rubble lasted more than four hours," a Russian defence ministry statement said, alongside a video showing rescuers taking a man from the rubble and carrying him away.
"The work was carried out at night with a risk to life coming from a possible collapse of structures."
It was also reported by state media that a 13-year-old was saved in Gaziantep on Sunday, with rescuers saying: "You are a miracle."
The quake is now the sixth most deadly natural disaster this century, behind the 2005 tremor that killed at least 73,000 in Pakistan.
'Right now, every hour matters': US calls for UN to vote on Syrian aid 'immediately'
The US has called for the United Nations Security Council to "vote immediately" to authorise the delivery of aid to rebel-held northwest Syria.
The Syrian government last week confirmed it would open aid corridors to allow for the transport of vital supplies to areas outside their control.
The UN had been able to do so through Turkey under a Security Council mandate since 2014.
However, at the moment it is restricted to just one border crossing.
This has significantly restricted the amount of live-saving aid that can reach the stricken region.
"Right now, every hour matters," Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN has said. "People in the affected areas are counting on us."
"We cannot let them down - we must vote immediately on a resolution to heed the UN's call for authorisation of additional border crossings for the delivery of humanitarian assistance," she said.
"It's time to move with urgency and purpose."
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, who is in Turkey and due to visit Syria shortly, told Sky News that he will ask the Security Council to authorise access through two more crossings.
He said there is "a very clear humanitarian case".