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Myanmar quake toll passes 1,000 as rescuers dig for survivors

Heavy construction equipment is used to dig through the rubble as people look for survivors in a destroyed building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. [AFP]

The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,000 on Saturday, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors.

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