There are miraculous tales of survival coming out of Turkey.
One confused woman who survived under the rubble for about 230 hours asked her rescuers, "what day is it?"
But the world they are returning to is in tatters.
And the impact on many children is catastrophic.
The UN estimates 4.6 million children in Turkey, and 2.5 million in Syria have been affected by the quakes.
Unicef's chief of child protection in Turkey, James Gray, spoke to Max Towle.
