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Thirteen-year-old-boy rescued from the rubble after 182 hours

It's been described as a "miracle" after a 13-year-old boy named Kaan has been found more than 182 hours under the rubble in Hatay, one of the worst-hit regions following last week's earthquake

Images on Turkish television show the boy being taken by aid workers to an an ambulance amid cheers and celebratory shouts.

The teenager held a rescuer's hand as he was placed on a stretcher, head braced, and covered for warmth, before he was moved into an ambulance. 

With hopes of finding many more survivors in the rubble fading fast, the combined death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria from last Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake rose above 35,000 and looked set to keep increasing.

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