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The Hualien earthquake victims have completed their evacuation, and the 6 missing people are still being searched and rescued (00:48)
On April 5, 2024, after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the sea in Hualien County, Taiwan, the tilted and collapsed buildings were demolished in an orderly manner.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the Taiwan Disaster Response Center held a working meeting at 15 o'clock on April 7 to introduce that more than 300 people were evacuated from Hualien earthquake detention on that day, and all except for those who were left behind in need have been evacuated. There has been no progress in the search and rescue of the missing persons, and it is still in full swing.
Two children play outside the tents of earthquake victims at an elementary school in Hualien County, Taiwan, April 6, 2024.
After an earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan, on April 6, 2024, local residents receive food at a temporary shelter at an elementary school.
A total of 5 people in the Taroko area are missing, namely the mother, sister and younger brother of the family surnamed You, and 2 Australian Singaporean tourists. According to reports, their last known locations are near the Sand Truck Trail. In addition, one person is still missing in the vicinity of the Zhonghe mine in the Heren mining area.
As of 15:00 on April 7, the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that occurred in the sea area of Hualien County, Taiwan on the 3rd, has killed 13 people and injured 1,140 people.
On April 6, 2024, after the earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan, the demolition of a sloping apartment building began in Hualien, eastern Taiwan.
On April 6, 2024, after an earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan, caused buildings to tilt.
After an earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan, on April 5, 2024, a resident rescues belongings from the damaged Tongshuai building.
The ruins of a local temple after the earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, April 5, 2024.
After the earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on April 5, 2024, a resident threw something out of the window of the damaged Tongshuai building.
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Israeli forces withdrew almost all of their ground troops from southern Gaza, and the Palestinian population withdrew from Rafah governorate
An Israeli tank travels on the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip and the Israeli border area in southern Israel on April 7, 2024 local time.
On April 7, 2024 local time, in southern Israel, Israeli soldiers organize tank equipment near the border of the Gaza Strip.
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on April 7, Israeli forces have withdrawn almost all ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip, and only one brigade remains in the Gaza Strip.
Specifically, the 98th Division of the Israeli Army, which had been in the Khan Younis area for four months, was evacuated, leaving behind the "Nahar Brigade". The main role of the Nahal Brigades is to "'protect' the so-called 'Nezarim Corridor' and prevent the return of the population of Gaza to the northern part of the Gaza Strip – a "corridor" unilaterally demarcated by Israel that crosses the Gaza Strip and which Israel plans to use to isolate the entire northern part of Gaza from the rest of the country.
On April 7, 2024 local time, a man stands among the rubble caused by months of Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, Palestine's Gaza Strip.
On April 7, 2024 local time, in Rafah Province of the Gaza Strip, Israel withdrew its ground forces from the southern Gaza Strip, and Palestinians who had taken refuge in Rafah in the Gaza Strip left the city and returned to Khan Younis.
On April 7, 2024 local time, people walk past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, Ghaza Strip, Palestine.
A heat wave swept through Bangladesh with a maximum temperature of 40.2°C
On April 6, 2024 local time, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a rickshaw driver is drinking water to alleviate a heat wave.
On April 6, 2024 local time, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a tricycle driver drenched his head by a roadside faucet to relieve the heat wave.
On April 6, 2024 local time, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a rickshaw driver is putting a wet hat on his head to relieve the heat wave.
According to the UK Met Office, Bangladesh's maximum temperature for the season has climbed to 40.2 degrees Celsius.
The pictures in this article are Visual China, The Paper