Rescuers from across the world are racing to uncover victims from collapsed apartment blocks, family homes, and storefronts days after back-to-back earthquakes rattled Venezuela.

While the twin earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, have taxed Venezuela’s teetering emergency infrastructure, they have also given a human dimension to the nation’s struggles as rescuers pull pregnant women and young children from the rubble. Here are five of the most remarkable rescue stories so far.