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Grief And Hope: Families Continue Search For Loved Ones A Month After Venezuela Earthquakes

A month after devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, many families are still searching for missing loved ones as rescue and recovery efforts continue amid widespread destruction

Estefany Landaez sits amid the rubble of a building, waiting to find her two children after the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, July 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
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Volunteers pull a rope to remove a debris from a collapsed building by earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, July 12, 2026.
Volunteers pull a rope to remove a debris from a collapsed building by earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, July 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Yolimar Torres, left, sits near her daughter's body with other family members, whom they themselves found in the rubble of a building collapsed by the earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
Yolimar Torres, left, sits near her daughter's body with other family members, whom they themselves found in the rubble of a building collapsed by the earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Members of Venezuela's Scientific, Penal, and Criminalistic Investigation Corps recover the body of one of Yolimar Torres's two daughters, whom the family found themselves in the rubble of a building collapsed by the twin earthquakes, in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
Members of Venezuela's Scientific, Penal, and Criminalistic Investigation Corps recover the body of one of Yolimar Torres's two daughters, whom the family found themselves in the rubble of a building collapsed by the twin earthquakes, in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Stuffed animals and toys found at the OPP 25 residential building, which collapsed during the earthquake, are piled into a makeshift memorial in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026.
Stuffed animals and toys found at the OPP 25 residential building, which collapsed during the earthquake, are piled into a makeshift memorial in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Leonel Gutiérrez sits next to the remains of his son, Dylan Gutiérrez, and the boy's mother, whom he and other volunteers recovered from the rubble of their home three weeks after it collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026.
Leonel Gutiérrez sits next to the remains of his son, Dylan Gutiérrez, and the boy's mother, whom he and other volunteers recovered from the rubble of their home three weeks after it collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
A woman holds a painting of the Virgin Mary as she accompanies a Catholic priest supporting people searching for the remains of relatives in the rubble of residential buildings that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026.
A woman holds a painting of the Virgin Mary as she accompanies a Catholic priest supporting people searching for the remains of relatives in the rubble of residential buildings that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Relatives and rescue workers search through a collapsed building by the earthquakes for their love ones in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
Relatives and rescue workers search through a collapsed building by the earthquakes for their love ones in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Estefany Landaez sits at a makeshift tent close the area of the building where she lost her two children, her mother, brother, and nephew, after collapse during the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
Estefany Landaez sits at a makeshift tent close the area of the building where she lost her two children, her mother, brother, and nephew, after collapse during the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Jerfferson Cova, wearing a headlamp, looks at the deep hole he dug with other relatives in search of his mother-in-law, days after rescuing the bodies of his two children from a building collapsed by an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
Jerfferson Cova, wearing a headlamp, looks at the deep hole he dug with other relatives in search of his mother-in-law, days after rescuing the bodies of his two children from a building collapsed by an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Maria Morales stands on a collapsed building by the earthquakes, searchig for her aunt Yaeina Vera in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, July 23, 2026.
Maria Morales stands on a collapsed building by the earthquakes, searchig for her aunt Yaeina Vera in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
Relatives sit on a sidewalk as they wait for workers remove rubble from collapse buildings by the earthquakes, looking to find their loved ones in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, July 23, 2026.
Relatives sit on a sidewalk as they wait for workers remove rubble from collapse buildings by the earthquakes, looking to find their loved ones in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
People stand on a collapsed building by the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, July 23, 2026.
People stand on a collapsed building by the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, July 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
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