Earthquake in Turkey: the moving photo of the girl who protected her little brother for 17 hours

The effects of the earthquakes that took place in Turkey and Syria on Monday, February 6, are devastating.

The number of victims does not stop growing - at the moment there are

and more than

- and the little stories that are known are

.

It is that despite the fact that the rescuers work against the clock, in a hurry and without pause, the harsh weather conditions and the time elapsed

However, as often happens, there are always cases that add hope;

that come true and call us to believe in the

.

This is one of those stories. 

In the midst of the tragedy, the most moving photo.

Photo: Twitter/@mhdksafa

The most touching photo: the girl who protected her little brother for 17 hours

“The 7-year-old girl who kept her hand on her little brother's head to protect him while they were under the rubble for 17 hours has made it out safely.

I see no one shares.

If she were dead, everyone would share!

She shares positivity…”

.

This tweet, which celebrates life in the midst of tragedy, was posted by

, a representative of the United Nations.

And he refers to the case of the

who remained under the remains of their home for

until they could be rescued.

The images are touching.

The girl not only

brother protecting him during all this time, but she

him and 

him while both are released by rescuers. 

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: the search for survivors continues

The

and exhaustion devastates.

However, rescue teams in Turkey and Syria continue their strenuous effort to find survivors trapped in the rubble following the powerful earthquakes measuring 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale. 

For two days and nights since the quake, thousands of first responders worked in freezing temperatures to find survivors under collapsed buildings on both sides of the border.

Even so, emergency workers

in the hard-hit Turkish province of Hatay, where entire municipalities disappeared, the

agency reported . 

"Suddenly we heard voices... Immediately we heard the voices of three people at the same time," said lifeguard Alperen Cetinkaya.

"We expect more from them...the chances of getting people out here alive are very high," he added.

An aerial image of the collapsed buildings in the city of Besni, Turkey.

Photo: EFE/EPA

In desperation, both brigade members and civilians remove the rubble from homes and buildings with their own hands after hearing the voices of trapped people crying out for help and

.

agency reported

, search and rescue teams from around the world arrived - and continue to arrive - in Turkey and Syria. 

However, unfortunately, given the extent of the affected area,

.

"We could hear their voices, they were asking for help," said Ali Sao, while clarifying that he lost two relatives in the Turkish town of Nurdagi.

Destruction from the

spanned hundreds of kilometers across southeastern Turkey and Syria, toppling thousands of buildings and adding to hardship in a region rocked by Syria's 12-year civil war and refugee crisis.

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