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Photos: Rescue and Recovery in Venezuela

The Atlantic
June 29, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Photos: Rescue and Recovery in Venezuela

After a pair of strong earthquakes struck Venezuela last week, rescue teams from around the world headed toward affected areas, working with local teams to find survivors. Government sources say more than 1,450 people were killed, and nearly 47,000 remain missing.

An elevated view of dozens of rescue workers on top of the rubble of a collapsed building
Miguel Medina / AFP / Getty
An aerial view shows members of the French Civil Security Training and Intervention Regiment and U.S. rescuers taking part alongside other emergency personnel in the rescue of a victim at the site of collapsed buildings in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026, following earthquakes. The work continues despite more than 100 recorded aftershocks in the days since the main earthquakes.
An aerial view of several collapsed buildings following an earthquake.
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An aerial view of collapsed buildings in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, seen on June 28, 2026
Sparks fly as a rescue worker uses a cutter to break apart metal reinforcing bars in a pile of rubble.
Edilzon Gamez / Getty
Rescuers and volunteers work on the debris of a damaged building after two earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, in Caracas, Venezuela.
Rescuers pull a young person out of the rubble of a collapsed building.
Maxwell Briceno / Reuters
Jhonquer Cerpas, age 13, is rescued from a collapsed building by the Mexican brigade in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026.
A heavily-damaged multi-story building, partially collapsed, seen along a shoreline.
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A building, destroyed by the twin earthquakes, seen in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, on June 25, 2026
A view of the interior of an apartment in a partially-collapsed building
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A view of the interior of an apartment in a partially collapsed building seen in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, on June 27, 2026
The interiors of about eight apartments, viewed from outside, after an outer wall of an apartment building collapsed
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The interiors of apartments were exposed after an outer wall of an apartment building collapsed during twin earthquakes in Caraballeda on June 25, 2026.
A volunteer carries a rescued dog across the rubble of a collapsed building.
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A volunteer carries a rescued dog across the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda on June 25, 2026.
A bloodied sandal lies in the street amid debris of collapsed buildings.
Jesus Vargas / Getty
A bloodied sandal lies in the street amid debris of collapsed buildings as rescue efforts continue in La Guaira on June 25, 2026.
People look at a wall with plastered with photos of missing people.
Jesus Vargas / Getty
People look at a wall plastered with photos of missing people at Parque Ali Primera on June 27, 2026, in Caracas, Venezuela.
Rescue workers, seen in silhouette, stand atop a collapsed building.
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People search for victims in collapsed buildings in La Guaira on June 25, 2026.
Rescue workers gather outside an airplane, preparing to board.
Miguel Medina / AFP / Getty
French officers of the Civil Security Training and Intervention Regiment board their plane before flying to Venezuela to provide help after two earthquakes hit the country, at the Marseille Provence Airport in Marignane, France, on June 26, 2026.
An aerial view of rescue workers amid destroyed buildings, seen at night, with long shadows cast by a work light.
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An aerial view of rescue workers searching for victims in La Guaira on June 27, 2026
A multi-story building, collapsed on itself after an earthquake.
Edilzon Gamez / Getty
A collapsed building, seen in Caraballeda after the earthquakes, on June 27, 2026
A rescue worker wearing a headlamp searches through the rubble of a large collapsed building in the dark.
Leonardo Fernández Viloria / Reuters
A member of the El Salvador rescue team searches for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira on June 26, 2026.
A man recovers belongings from a heavily-damaged house, lowering items from an open window.
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A man recovers belongings from a collapsed house in the Hugo Chávez urban developments in Catia La Mar, La Guaira, on June 25, 2026.
Rescuers work in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Jesus Vargas / Getty
Rescuers continue to search for victims and work at a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, on June 28, 2026.
Rescuers, volunteers, and onlookers crowd around an ambulance as a survivor is removed from earthquake rubble.
Mauricio Valenzuela / AFP / Getty
Rescuers load a person onto an ambulance after they were pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda on June 28, 2026.
One rescue worker holds a sledgehammer as others work to search inside the rubble of a collapsed building.
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Search-and-rescue operations continue in Macuto, Venezuela, on June 26, 2026.
An aerial view of an earthquake-collapsed building.
Miguel Medina / Reuters
An aerial view shows buildings destroyed during the earthquakes in Caraballeda on June 27, 2026.
Exhausted rescuers and volunteers rest on the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Miguel Medina / AFP / Getty
Exhausted rescuers and volunteers rest on the rubble of collapsed buildings in Caraballeda on June 28, 2026.
A rescue worker pets a rescue dog.
Leonardo Fernandez Viloria / Reuters
Meredith Poole, of Gideon Rescue Company, pets a rescue dog while taking part in search efforts in the Tanaguarena neighborhood in La Guaira on June 28, 2026.
People search for survivors, walking on top of the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Miguel Medina / AFP / Getty
Volunteers and residents search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026.
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