The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceeded 25,000

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The death toll from the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this week passed 25,000 on Saturday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that 21,848 people have died in Turkey, while 3,503 people have been killed in Syria between rebel and government-held territory, according to The Washington Post.

The Syrian Civil Defense group, also known as the White Helmets, reported 2,116 deaths in rebel-held northwest Syria, while state media confirmed 1,387 deaths in government-held areas of the war-torn country, according to the Washington Post.

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The White Helmets said on Saturday that search and rescue operations had ended in the northwestern region of Syria, and no survivors had been found alive since Thursday. The group is now moving toward search and recovery efforts.

As the rescue effort winds down, many impressive stories of survivors of the tragedy emerge. A father and daughter in Gaziantep, Turkey, were pulled from the rubble after 132 hours, about five and a half days, of rescue operations, according to CNN.

CNN reported that a 70-year-old woman was rescued in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on Saturday after 121 hours of search efforts, and a 16-year-old boy was found alive in the same city 119 hours later.

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