Death toll rises to more than 12,800 in Turkey

Turkey's disaster management agency, AFAD, has said the latest death toll was at least 12,873, while at least 62,914 others were injured. 

In Syria, the death toll had climbed to at least 2,950, according to the government of Bashar al-Assad and a rescue service, the White Helmets, operating in the rebel-held northwest.

The total number of killed by the two earthquakes on Monday stands at 15,823.