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Myanmar quake death toll hits 1,000

A bridge that connects two high-rise condominiums is seen damaged, following a strong earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand (REUTERS)

The U.S. Geological Service's predictive modelling estimated that the death toll could exceed 10,000 in Myanmar (REUTERS)

The death toll in Myanmar was 1,002, the military government said on Saturday, up sharply from initial state media reports of 144 dead on Friday (REUTERS)

At least nine people were killed in neighbouring Thailand, where the 7.7 magnitude quake rattled buildings and brought down a skyscraper under construction in the capital Bangkok (REUTERS)

Den San, 33, a Cambodian migrant worker in Thailand for 18 years, reacts as she waits for an update on her brother, Soeurn Saan, 38, and his wife (REUTERS)

Migrant workers wait for an update on their colleagues and friends who were working at a building that collapsed following a strong earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand (REUTERS)

The earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, crippling critical infrastructure amid a grinding civil war (REUTERS)

Source: REUTERS

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