The Aftermath of Morocco’s Deadly Earthquake

Images from Marrakesh and villages in central Morocco, where rescue operations are ongoing, just days after a devastating earthquake

A single damaged tower stands on a hillside, surrounded by the rubble of dozens of smaller buildings, destroyed by an earthquake.
Nacho Doce / Reuters

Rescue workers, aided by newly arrived foreign crews, are racing against the clock to find survivors amid the rubble of Morocco’s mountain villages, following Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake. More than 2,600 deaths and 2,500 injuries have now been reported, caused by the strongest earthquake to hit Morocco in more than a century. Gathered below are images from Marrakesh and villages in central Morocco, where both burials and rescue operations are ongoing.