Christ the Redeemer lit to honor Türkiye Syria quake victims

The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro was lit up on Thursday honoring the victims of earthquake in Türkiye, and Syria. The projection showed the flags of both countries and a message "Pray for Türkiye & Syria”.

Türkiye’s disaster management agency revised the country’s death toll to 36,187. That pushed the combined reported death toll for Türkiye and Syria to 39,875. More than 108,000 people were injured in Türkiye in the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck at 4:17 a.m. local time and a magnitude 7.5 quake the first temblor likely triggered nine hours later.