Venezuelan earthquake survivors make the difficult transition from rescue to recovery

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With an unofficial count of the missing in Venezuela reaching 30,000 people, the government’s confirmed death toll from the earthquake, which reached 3,342, could be exceeded several times.

However, it is clear that the effects of the two earthquakes that occurred on June 24 are entering a new phase.

International rescue teams, quietly acknowledging the possibility that no more victims will be found alive after 12 days under the rubble, are preparing to leave. Local authorities are shifting their focus to finding shelter for thousands of displaced people. Recovering the dead has become an urgent and terrifying task for Venezuelans who still miss their loved ones.

Here’s a visual look at how Venezuelans cope with the search for bodies, and how they remember those who died.

Residents feel lonely

Residents say they are alone searching for their dead. Many say they were left without government help to rescue survivors in the immediate aftermath of the quakes, and are now ill-equipped to recover their bodies nearly two weeks later.

Below, people embrace on July 4 after rescue workers told them there were no survivors in a house destroyed by earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela.

(Ariana Cubellos/The Associated Press)

More than 16 thousand people were injured. In this photo, Fabricio Gutierrez, 16, is recovering in the Pérez Carreño Hospital in the capital, Caracas, after having his foot amputated due to injuries sustained when the apartment building he was living in collapsed in La Guaira.

(Mathias Delacroix/Associated Press)

Over the weekend in the hard-hit La Guaira area, no government civil defense crews or security forces could be seen helping families dig, the Associated Press reported. The vast majority of those who made their way through the rubble were civilians, using their bare hands or improvised tools.

Yajari Urbina, who found the bodies of her mother and brother on Saturday, said: “We are the ones helping ourselves and our family. No one is helping us except a few volunteers.”

Below, a man selects clothes donated to those affected by the earthquakes, at a sports complex in La Guaira on July 4.

(Ariana Cubellos/The Associated Press)

Research teams from Italy, Argentina, Spain and other countries have already returned to their countries. The Venezuelan government has not yet stopped searching for survivors. But officials have shifted from promoting stories of heroic rescues on social media to announcing reconstruction plans under a program called “Venezuela Reborn.”

At the same time, citizens bury and mourn the dead, especially in La Guaira:

A woman and child hold a candle during a vigil in Valencia, Venezuela, on July 5. (Juan Carlos Hernandez/Reuters) Nuns gather after accompanying them to bury earthquake victims in La Guaira on July 6. (Adriano Machado/Reuters) A drone view of coffins on the day of burial of earthquake victims at La Esperanza Cemetery in La Guaira on July 6. (Adriano Machado/Reuters) In La Guaira on July 6, Juana Iskel Fumero carries a box containing the ashes of her granddaughter, Kalani Martinez, who, along with her mother, Ashley Martinez, was a victim of the earthquakes. (Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters)

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