Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors of the earthquake which rattled Turkey's eastern Elazığ on Friday, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds more.

Security cameras captured the moment some frightened residents in Adıyaman jumped from the balconies of their apartments after a strong earthquake rattled eastern Turkey, killing at least 21 people and injuring hundreds. The 6.8-magnitude quake hit eastern Elazığ province at 8.55 p.m. local time (1755GMT) on Friday, with its epicenter in Sivrice district, along with neighboring provinces and countries including Syria and Georgia.

Turkish agencies, commercial outlets and rescue teams were quick to extend a helping hand after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Elazığ province late Friday. Hundreds of rescue personnel from different provinces were transferred to areas jolted by the natural disaster.

A pregnant woman was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Saturday, 12 hours after a deadly earthquake struck southeast Turkey. At least 20 people were killed and hunreds were injured Friday after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the eastern Turkish province of Elazığ, according to authorities.

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, managed Friday to enter the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite an earlier Israeli ban.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Istanbul.

Thousands of Iraqis gathered in the Baghdad city center on Friday at a rally against the presence of U.S. troops in the country.

Footage purporting to show a Chinese woman eating a whole bat at a restaurant has gone viral on social media as the world is on alarm after a deadly coronavirus outbreak which has so far killed 25 people. The virus is believed to have come from Chinese wet markets.

Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Speical Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh , James Jeffrey holds a press briefing in Washington, United States on January 23, 2020.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on January 23, 2020.

Marzouq al-Ghanim, speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly meets with Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop in Ankara, Turkey on January 23, 2020. After the meeting, Sentop and Al Ghanim visited the general assembly hall of the parliament and sections of the Turkish parliament bombed during the defeated coup of July 15, 2016.

The Chinese central province of Hubei, epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak, is building a dedicated hospital to treat patients, which it aims to complete in six days, state media outlet Beijing News reported on Thursday.

Various shots from New York Boat Show at the Javits Center in Manhattan on January 23, 2020.

Security officers at the crime scene on January 23, 2020 in New York after a man was killed and two others were injured following a broad-daylight shooting in the middle of the street in Manhattan Thursday afternoon.

Cameras captured the moment Britain's Prince Charles avoided shaking hands with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and walked straight towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Various shots from people wearing protective face masks in Beijing on January 23, 2020 The death toll from the outbreak of a new respiratory virus in China has climbed to 17, local media reported Thursday. Health authorities have also confirmed that hundreds of others are infected, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.

Australia's governor-general David Hurley meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at presidential office in Ramallah, West Bank on January 22, 2020.

A violent altercation that escalated into gunfire in downtown Seattle left one woman dead and six other bystanders wounded outside a fast-food restaurant on Wednesday, and police said they were searching for at least two suspects.

Security forces intervene in protesters with pressurized water and tear gas during a protest against the country's economic and political situation in Beirut, Lebanon on January 22, 2020.

People stand outside the buildings after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake on January 22, 2020 in Akhisar district of Manisa, Turkey. A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's western Manisa province on Wednesday, said the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).