Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPResidents in Amatrice, the town worst hit by a fatal earthquake one year ago today, gathered to mourn the neighbours and friends they lost in the disaster. The disaster razed much of Amatrice, prompting mayor Sergio Pirozzi to say "the town isn't there anymore". Mayor Pirozzi also unveiled a memorial to the dead called Fidelis Amatrix, after the words engraved on an ancient local coin. Amatrice was observing a day of mourning on Thursday with locals joining a mass late morning which was also attended by Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. On Monday, a 4.0-magnitude quake levelled several houses on Ischia, an island off Naples, killing two people.

Source: The Local August 24, 2017 12:23 UTC