Piles of rubble are all that remains of Amatrice, a small town in central Italy close to the epicenter of the earthquake that struck on August 24. Located in a remote area near Umbria, Marche, and Lazio, the remote town has been all but destroyed.
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An injured man walks along a road which now leads to the rubble of Amatrice.
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A photo taken by a drone depicts the immense damage.
Rescue workers labored thorugh the day and night to rescue citizens trapped in collapsed houses.
What was once the entrace of Hotel Rome, is now a pile of rubble. Rescue workers have been sifting through the debris searching for survivors, but many more corpses are being found as the death toll rises above 250 people.
Rescue workers attempt to move tons of debris looking for survivors.
A man is rescued alive from the ruins in Amatrice.
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A woman is helped to leave her home by rescuers in Amatrice.
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A woman holds a child as they stand in the street following an earthquake, in Amatrice. The magnitude-6 quake was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome, where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks.
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Rescuers stand by a collapsed house in Amatrice. More than 70 people were killed and hundreds injured as crews raced to dig out survivors.
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A woman holds a dog in her arms as she walks with a man next to the rubble of buildings in Amatrice.
A man walks amid the rubble in Pescara del Tronto.
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