People warm themselves around a fire at the site of a collapsed building on Sunday night in Hatay, one of the worst-hit regions in Turkey, as the devastating earthquake has left tens of thousands homeless across the country and in Syria. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Rescue workers use an excavator to clear debris from collapsed buildings in Hatay on Sunday evening. Multiple survivors were rescued that day, including an 85-year-old woman and a seven-year-old boy, media reported. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Rescue personnel use a sensor device to detect survivors on Sunday night in Hatay. The death toll in the two countries has climbed to 31,643 people in Turkey and 4,574 in Syria as of Monday afternoon. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A sniffer dog assists rescue workers on Tuesday night in Hatay. About 25,000 buildings have collapsed or been heavily damaged due to the earthquake, the Turkish Environment Minister Murat Kurum said on Sunday, according to Reuters. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Chinese rescue team members look for survivors in the rubble on Tuesday night in Hatay. A total of 15 civil Chinese rescue teams comprising 288 people have traveled to Turkey to help with the rescue work as of Friday morning, state media reported. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Survivors of the earthquake hug at a rescue site. A total of 8,294 international teams have been deployed to the quake areas to assist with the rescue work, according to Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency on Monday. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Displaced Syrians take refuge at the Sultan Ibrahim Mosque in Jableh, northwest of the capital Damascus, on Sunday. Syria has opened 275 shelters across the country to host survivors of the earthquake. Up to 5.3 million Syrian people may have been made homeless by the quake, according to the U.N. Photo: Karim Sahib/VCG

A Syrian family take shelter at the Istanbul Airport on Sunday night. The 38-year-old father told Caixin that he fled from Syria to Turkey 11 years ago due to the war, but the earthquake leveled his residence, making him homeless again. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

The father, who is called Mohammed, tells Caixin “he has no home to go” with a translation app. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin