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As it happened: Earthquake kills almost 3,000 people in Morocco

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A view of tents in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco September 15, 2023. REUTERS / Ammar Awad

As it happened: Earthquake kills almost 3,000 people in Morocco

Hope for survivors dwindles as rescue teams head to the country

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A man performs ablution for prayer among tents and rubble in the earthquake-hit village of Imi-Natalie, Marrakesh, Morocco, 20 September 2023. A 6. 8-magnitude earthquake struck central Morocco late September 08, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging buildings from villages and towns in the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech, according to a report issued by the country's Ministry of Interior. EPA / JALAL MORCHIDI

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