In Venezuela, nearly 50,000 people remain missing, five days after a pair of massive earthquakes struck near the capital, Caracas. The confirmed death toll is fast approaching 1,500 and is expected to continue climbing, as the window for finding survivors closes. There are reports of several aftershocks, rattling nerves of survivors, many of whom narrowly avoided being buried in the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Susana Saavedra: “I feel very sad because of the loss of our neighbors. The loss of our neighbors. At least I was lucky enough to save my own life. But our neighbors — young people, full of life — were left in the rubble. And I imagine that if I hadn’t left my room, I, too, would have been in that rubble and wouldn’t have survived.”