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Washington (AFP) – The convoy of President Joe Biden arrives at the Congress of the United States, ahead of his State of the Union speech in Washington, DC. IMAGES

Istanbul (AFP) – The search for survivors continues in Diyarbakır, a town in southeast of Turkey, the day after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the country and neighbouring Syria, with the death toll rising to over 7,300.

Jandairis (Syria) (AFP) – Extended family members pull a newborn baby alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria, after finding her still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died in Monday’s massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed thousands. She is the only survivor of her immediate family.

Jindayris (Syria) (AFP) – In the earthquake-devastated town of Jandairis in northern Syria, a man in shock stands next to a pile of rubble where his family once lived. “We’re completely broken,” sobs Samer al-Saraqbi who lost 12 of his family members, including his mother, his sister and her family — in the region’s biggest disaster of the century that killed at least 5,000 in Syria and Turkey.

Ankara (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declares a three-month state of emergency in 10 southeastern provinces hit by a major earthquake that has claimed at least 5,000 lives in Turkey and Syria. “We have decided to declare a state of emergency to ensure that our (rescue and recovery) work can be carried out quickly,” Erdogan says in televised remarks.

Gaziantep (Turquie) (AFP) – Images of rescue efforts in the northern suburbs of Gaziantep, southern Turkey, where hundreds of people stand before the ruins of a collapsed building, waiting for news of their missing loved ones. An ambulance stands ready to take evacuees from the rubble. IMAGES

Besnaya (Syria) (AFP) – Countries all around the world have rapidly mobilised to send aid and rescue workers after a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Turkey and Syria. The Syrian Red Crescent has pled for more Western aid for the country as efforts are complicated by sanctions and more than a decade of war.

Bamako (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, arrives in Mali in a sign of deepening political and security ties between Moscow and Bamako’s ruling junta, who are seeking Russia’s help in battling an Islamist insurgency that remains entrenched despite years of fighting. Lavrov, who was in Iraq on Monday, is welcomed off the plane in the early hours by his Malian counterpart, Abdoulaye Diop.

Incirlik Air Base (Turkey) (AFP) – French civil security rescue teams arrive at a NATO military base in the town of Incirlik in the southern Turkish province of Adana. The workers are here to assist the Turkish authorities in the search for survivors following a deadly earthquake that left more than 5,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria.

Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) – Syrians gather at a convent in Aleppo to spend the night as they fear more tremors following a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday.

Shanghai (AFP) – Chinese Marvel fans brimmed with anticipation as they piled into a Shanghai cinema for the midnight premiere of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, the studio’s return to China’s big screens after an almost four-year hiatus.

Hatay (Turkey) (AFP) – “Where is my mum?” A girl asks rescuers, after being pulled alive from the rubble caused by a devastating Turkey quake on Monday night. Turkey’s southeastern city of Hatay lying on the border with Syria is among the cities struck hardest by a major earthquake that killed more than 3,800 and flattened countless buildings.