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Fundraisers for Syria, Turkey earthquake try to deliver aid

Volunteers carry food boxes to distribute to displaced people following a devastating earthquake, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The  7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 23,000 this week has displaced millions of people in war-torn Syria. The country's 12-year-old uprising turned civil war had already displaced half the country's pre-war population of 23 million before the earthquake. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) People with their belongings arrive at the tents, in Kharamanmaras, southeastern Turkey, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Rescue workers search for bodies and earthquake survivors on a collapsed building in Adana, southeastern Turkey, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Some 12,000 buildings in Turkey have either collapsed or sustained serious damage, according to Turkey's minister of environment and urban planning, Murat Kurum.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Border customs officials inspect a truck loaded with UN humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake reach the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) People arrive at the tents that were setup to accommodate earthquake survivors, in Kharamanmaras, southeastern Turkey, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Children walk between tents, in Aslanli, southeastern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamored for food and water Thursday, three days after the temblor hit Turkey and Syria. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)