A three-year-old boy named Klieber Morán has been pulled alive from the rubble six days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, a Jordanian rescue team has announced. Video footage shows rescuers cheering as the child is extracted from wreckage in La Guaira state, a moment Delcy Rodríguez described as a beacon of hope. This comes as the UN warns that tens of thousands of people are urgently in need of food and shelter, because apparently one ray of sunshine doesn't fix a humanitarian crisis.

The death toll from last week's quakes - with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 - has risen to 1,943, with more than 10,000 people injured and tens of thousands more unaccounted for. An initial assessment of satellite data from NASA suggests the tremors probably damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings. The Jordanian civil defence reported that Klieber received first aid, was taken to a hospital, and his vital signs are good. He is being treated in the capital Caracas, according to Venezuelan Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez. This rescue comes well after the initial three-day period during which experts say people trapped under debris have the best chance of being found alive, because why follow the odds?

La Guaira is one of the hardest hit areas, with many locals attempting rescue efforts themselves. The UN's refugee agency said on Tuesday that food shortages are widespread, basic services have broken down, and communications have been largely severed in La Guaira. "Community tensions are rising as access to assistance remains constrained," the UNHCR stated. Daniela Armas, an 18-year-old vendor in La Guaira who was injured falling from a motorbike when the quakes struck, told AFP that some supplies are being distributed "but sometimes people nearly kill each other for food... it's like a cockfight." The UNHCR says it needs an initial $15 million to "scale up protection, core relief items, and temporary shelter support for 30,000 earthquake-affected people over six months."

The World Health Organization (WHO) says health services are under "extreme pressure," with an increased risk of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and diphtheria due to low vaccination coverage. Jorge Rodríguez said Klieber's rescue shows there is still hope of finding people alive, and that domestic and international teams are still searching through rubble. Shelters are already open in La Guaira and other states. International rescue teams from the US, Mexico, and dozens of other countries are searching with trained dogs and heavy equipment. A 47-tonne shipment of humanitarian supplies arrived on Tuesday, including emergency health kits, supplies for safe births, newborn care, and disease prevention. Meanwhile, Venezuelans have begun burying the dead. At the makeshift morgue at La Guaira's port, Wilker Molalla told AFP he was waiting to identify the remains of his sister, her children, and his brother's children. "There were 11 people in my household," he said. "Only two of us survived because we were at work."