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PICTURES: Dramatic photographs show Mexicans rallying in wake of destructive earthquake

By Blair Dingwall
Mexicans come to each others aid in wake of deadly earthquake.
Mexicans come to each others aid in wake of deadly earthquake.

These photographs show the scenes in central Mexico following a deadly earthquake which killed more than 200 people.

Locals have been rallying together in a bid to save neighbours from the rubble of toppled buildings in the wake of the 7.1 magnitude event.

Volunteers and rescue workers search for children trapped inside at the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City
A woman walks past a collapsed building after a 7.1 earthquake, in Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico
Rescue personnel work on a four storey building that collapsed after an earthquake, in the Colonia Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City
Rescue workers search for people trapped in a collapsed building in the Piedad Narvarte neighborhood of Mexico City
An injured person is carried after being rescued from the rubble of a building
A collapsed building is seen an night in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City
A collapsed building the Del Valle neighborhood in Mexico City=
A man walks out of the door frame of a building that collapsed after an earthquake
Men hug, crying with joy, as they reunite hours after an earthquake in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City
A man is rescued from a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood
First responders work on removing the rubble of a collapsed building looking for survivors trapped underneath
Rescue personnel work on a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Cuernavaca, Morelos state
Volunteers wearing dust masks wait in line to pass out rubble as rescue workers search inside a collapsed building
Rescue workers search for children trapped inside the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City
People prepare to pull out a man alive from a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood
An injured woman is carried on a stretcher after being rescued in Cuernavaca, Morelos state, Mexico
A man calls for a gas mask as rescue workers search for people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City

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