In photos: Moroccan soldiers and aid teams battle to reach remote, quake-hit towns as death toll rises
Moroccan soldiers and aid teams in trucks and helicopters battled Monday to reach remote mountain towns devastated by a monstrous earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people, with survivors desperate for help to find loved ones feared trapped under the rubble.
A woman tries to recover some of her possessions from her home in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakesh, Morocco.Mosa'ab Elshamy/The Associated Press
Residents search through the rubble of a home in Imoulas village in Taroudant province, one of the most devastated in quake-hit Morocco.FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images
A boy carries donations he received, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Adassil, Morocco.NACHO DOCE/Reuters
Damage caused by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, Morocco.Mosa'ab Elshamy/The Associated Press
A young resident checks his phone as he sits on salvaged belogings near the rubble of homes in Imoulas village of the Taroudant province.FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images
Residents search through the rubble of a home in Imoulas village, Taroudant province, Morocco.FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images
Rescue personnel of Spain's Military Emergency Unit work on rescue operations in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Anougal, Morocco.Spanish Emergency Military Unit/Reuters
A man walks past rubble caused by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, Morocco.Mosa'ab Elshamy/The Associated Press
Khadeja Ousiide, 62, receives donations, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Adassil, Morocco.NACHO DOCE/Reuters
A woman reacts near the rubble of a building in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'yaaqoub, Morocco.HANNAH MCKAY/Reuters
Civil defence responders evacuate an injured survivor of the September 8th earthquake.PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images
Morocco's Civil Protection Services distribute aid to earthquake survivors in the village of Amizmiz.MIGUEL PEREIRA/Reuters
A woman watches a TV news broadcast mentioning foreign aid response at a cafe just south of the village of Moulay Brahim.PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images
Neighbours near destroyed houses, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, outside Adassil, Morocco.NACHO DOCE/Reuters
People search the rubble of homes in the mountain village of Imi N'Tala, south of Marrakesh.MATIAS CHIOFALO/AFP/Getty Images
A man walks past a damaged house in the mountain village of Imi N'Tala, south of Marrakesh.MATIAS CHIOFALO/AFP/Getty Images
A resident stands in the rubble of homes at the mountain village of Imi N'Tala.MATIAS CHIOFALO/AFP/Getty Images
Displaced resident sits in the shade of an umbrella near a mosque and buildings damaged by the earthquake in the village of Moulay Brahim.PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images
A resident leads civil defence responders to an injured survivor in the mountain village of Moulay Brahim.PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images
Workers stand among rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'yaaqoub, Morocco.HANNAH MCKAY/Reuters
The Tinmel Mosque which was damaged by the deadly earthquake in Tinmel, Morocco.HANNAH MCKAY/Reuters