News in photos: Mexico’s killer quake

View of damages caused by the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca on September 8, 2017.
Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT

Picture of a building in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca, taken on September 8, 2017 after it collapsed during an 8.2 earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast overnight.
Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / Pedro PARDO

Mourners cry during the funeral of 85-year-old Casimiro Rey, one of the victims of an 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast overnight, on September 8, 2017 in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca.
Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / PEDRO PARDO

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