The quake caused widespread destruction of lives, villages, and cultural sites, but everyone from ordinary citizens up to the king has been working to help those affected.
This year's disasters have cost more than $57.9 billion and claimed at least 253 lives.
The 6.8 magnitude quake that struck the High Atlas Mountains late on Friday killed at least 2,901 people and injured 5,530 making it Morocco's deadliest earthquake since 1960.
More than 1,000 bodies have already been recovered in Derna alone and officials expected the death toll would be much higher.
As Morocco mourns after the earthquake, we extend our condolences to the families of all the victims and send wishes for the speedy recovery of the injured.
Israel is located at the juncture of the African and Arabian tectonic plates and, therefore, faces an elevated seismic threat. Experts say a major earthquake is not a matter of if, but when.
Morocco has declared three days of mourning and King Mohammed VI called for prayers for the dead to be held at mosques across the country on Sunday.
Across parts of Morocco, people spent the night outdoors on Friday after the earthquake hit the country.
Some Israelis in the disaster area spoke with the Jerusalem Post's sister paper, Maariv, and described the disaster and the efforts by local authorities to deal with it.
Turkey, where powerful earthquakes in February killed more than 50,000 people, said it was ready to provide support to the North African country.
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