Survivors

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Man rescued from Myanmar hotel rubble five days after earthquake

Five days after the devastating earthquake killed over 2,700 people in Myanmar, a rescue team pulled a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Naypyidaw.

02/04/2025

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80 years since liberation of Auschwitz remembered

The 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation has been marked by a ceremony at the former Nazi death camp.

27/01/2025

Japan

Death toll from western Japan earthquake rises to 126

The risk that roads could collapse completely has intensified with rain and snow expected overnight and Sunday.

06/01/2024

Japan

Japan earthquake: survivors found under the rubble, many still missing

Survivors were found in their homes on Friday after an earthquake destroyed their homes on New Year's Day, as the death toll grows to at least 94 people and dozens remain missing.

05/01/2024

Culture news

Chile plane crash survivor recalls the 'Miracle of the Andes'

To mark the release of Juan Antonio Bayona's new film 'Society of the Snow' Euronews Culture revisits Fernando Parrado, a survivor of the 1972 'Miracle of the Andes' plane crash to discuss the chilling pact he and fellow passengers made to stay alive.

04/01/2024

Japan

Rescuers race against time to find Japan earthquake survivors

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said rescuers are "in a race against time" to find the survivors of the series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan this week.

03/01/2024

United Kingdom

Women receives book that belonged to her brother who died in Auschwitz

A 99-year-old woman has been reunited with a schoolbook that belonged to her younger brother who was one of the 565,000 Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust.

31/07/2023

Europe News

Sexual assault exhibit showcasing survivor's outfits opens in Brussels

The “What Were You Wearing?” exhibit aims to end victim shaming and bring awareness to sexual violence.

22/06/2023

Colombia

Children found alive in the Amazon 40 days after plane crash

The frantic search for survivors began on 1 May after a single-engine propeller plane carrying six passengers crashed in the Amazon jungle.

10/06/2023

Culture news

TikTok is the new place to learn about the Holocaust

Aron Goodman took to TikTok in a bid to combat antisemitism, with the help of his 85-year-old grandmother Tova Friedman. The response to her personal testimony has been incredible.

27/03/2023

Turkey

Mass graves start to spring up in Antakya

Euronews’ international correspondent Anelise Borges is in Antakya, and she reports that mass graves are starting to appear in different parts of the city.

14/02/2023

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Emergency services continue to search for survivors

Since two earthquakes hit Syria and Turkey, search and rescue have been racing against time and freezing temperatures, to save the victims. So far the death toll has surpassed 33,000

13/02/2023

Culture news

Swedish kids take the plunge in icy lake survival lessons

Safety takes on a new dimension for many young Swedes as sub-zero temperatures and the surrounding conditions are a daily danger in winter. Frozen lakes are common playgrounds which means first-aid training and rescue to prepare for the worst is obligatory from a young age.

13/02/2023

Turkey

'We were married for 52 years': Earthquake survivors painful search

'We were married for 52 years,' earthquake survivors painful search for families in Antakya, southern Turkey. The devastation follows the earthquake which hit on Monday morning.

09/02/2023

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WATCH: Swedish children take the plunge in icy lake survival lessons

In Sweden, PE teachers are instructing children how to survive in case they fall into a freezing lake

09/02/2023

The Dialogue

Second chances: A journey from rock and roll to food and war

In partnership with Media City

Giles Duley is a photographer and CEO of Legacy of War Foundation. His world changed during a deployment to Afghanistan documenting the life American troops, when he stepped on an IED. A born survivor, Giles now spends his life highlighting the long-term impact of conflict.

09/02/2023