The number of people killed in Friday’s powerful earthquake in Morocco has risen to 2,497, the interior ministry says.
Rescuers have been using their bare hands to dig for survivors because heavy lifting equipment can’t get through roads blocked by boulders to reach remote villages near the epicentre in the Atlas Mountains.
Many lie in ruins with local people desperately awaiting aid.
The Moroccan government says it has accepted aid from four countries so far – Britain, Spain, Qatar and the UAE
Friday’s earthquake in Morocco, the country’s deadliest in 60 years, struck below villages in the High Atlas mountains south of Marrakesh
BBC reporter Nick Beake reached the village of Tafeghaghte, where 90 of the 200 residents were confirmed dead, and many others missing