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Abnormal heavy monsoon rains and melting glaciers triggered floods that have submerged a third of Pakistan and killed more than a thousand people, including hundreds of children.
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Flood victims use an inflatable tube as they travel in flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Dera Allah Yar, Jafferabad, Pakistan August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Amer Hussain
Flood victims sit outside their damaged house, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A woman clad in a burqa walks amid tents as she along with her family take refuge, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Charsadda, Pakistan August 30. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A rickshaw (tuk tuk) travels through flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
People launch a wooden boat in to rising flood waters on the Indus highway, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Villagers board a tractor trolley as they travel amid flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput
Men and children flood victims carry canisters for use as pot waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput
A flood victim stands amid the damages of his house, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A vehicle travels amid flood waters with the boats in the background, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput
A family, affected by flood, sits in a tent amid rising flood waters, following rains during the monsoon season, in Dera Allah Yar, Jafferabad, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Amer Hussain
Vehicles pass along a road amid flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A man stands in flood waters at a submerged gas station, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A flood victim takes refuge along a road in a makeshift tent, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan August 29. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A man wades through flood waters carrying his grand daughter on his back following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Charsadda, Pakistan August 28. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A man walks with a bicycle in flood water following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan August 29. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A man swims in flood waters while heading for a higher ground, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Charsadda, Pakistan August 27. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A family rides on a motorcycle amid rising flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Men transport motorcycle in a boat amid flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput
A general view shows a village amid rising flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
General view of makeshift tents as flood victims taking refuge, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput
A flood victim wades through flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Yasir
A group of people travel in a boat as it passes submerged houses amid flood waters in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Flood victims wait for their turn to receive medical assistance at a relief camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Residents work to place sandbags as barriers to stop flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A man stands amid flood waters at a submerged gas station, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A general view of shops amid flood waters, following rains and floods in Sehwan, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A man and a girl carry pots as they walk alongside flooded fields, following rains and floods in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A man rows a boat with submerged houses in the background, following rains and floods in Mehar, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A general view shows a play land amid dirt and flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A family walks amid flood waters on their way to their village, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Men take a bath amid rising flood waters and along the fields, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Volunteers travel in an inflatable boat, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
People stand outside their homes amid rising flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A man with his donkey cart walks on higher ground amid flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Siblings sit with their belongings as their family takes refuge, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Flood victims wade through flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Dera Allah Yar, Jafferabad, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Amer Hussain
A man and woman stand next to makeshift tent amid flood waters, following rains during the monsoon season, in Dera Allah Yar, Jafferabad, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Amer Hussain
People walk amid rising flood waters on the Indus highway, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A flood victim clears his house, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Men wade through an inundated street, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A flood victim stands amid tents for people taking refuge, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Charsadda, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Children, who are affected by flood, take bath as their family takes refuge in a relief camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A man rides a motorcycle through flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A flood victim walks through flood waters, following rains during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A flood victim wades through an inundated road, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Nowshera, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
A woman victim of the floods stands with her belongings as she and her family take refuge on a higher ground in Gari Yasin, Shikarpur, Pakistan August 31. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro