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Mexico earthquake

A woman scrapes mortar off of a salvaged brick with a flat end of a chisel so the brick can be reused.

‘Symbolic rubble’ from crumbling adobe homes preserves the past and eases trauma after Mexico earthquake

Culture

Oaxaca is moving along with rebuilding after Mexico’s worst earthquake of the century. But some are hoping to slow down the process.

Moving day, Mexico City

A nervous Mexico City struggles to recover from the earthquake, while engineers canvass the city for damage

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destruction from 1985 earthquake in Mexico

A photographer who made a name shooting Mexico’s ’85 earthquake is now fighting for his life

Arts
Members of Israeli and Mexican rescue teams gesture for a minute of silence after retrieving a dead body from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sept. 21, 2017.

Hundreds of Mexico City buildings may now be uninhabitable

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A person sits on the roof of a little house while looking at the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Mexico City, Mexico September 20, 2017.

Desperate search for survivors after powerful earthquake in Mexico

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