Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have gone home in a prisoner swap. Russia said 106 of its soldiers were released. Ukraine said Russia freed 100 Ukrainian prisoners.
The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart on February 6 in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has now passed 35,000.
Among the rubble, hundreds of thousands of homeless people face cold and hunger as authorities in Turkey and Syria tackle the dire humanitarian disaster caused by last week’s devastating earthquake.