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Italian rescuers with their equipment gather in the town of Farindola as they make their way to the site of an avalanche that engulfed the Hotel Rigopiano, some 7 kilometres away, in earthquake-ravaged central Italy, on January 20, 2017.
At least 25 people, including several children, were feared dead after a barrage of snow hit the Hotel Rigopiano on Januray 18, afternoon, ripping the three-storey building from its foundations and moving it ten metres (11 yards). / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)