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Children attend classes in Sukkur. AP
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Nearly a third of Pakistan is flooded — an area the size of the United Kingdom — following months of record monsoon rains, which have killed 1,300 people and wreaked havoc. AFP
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Makeshift tents for people displaced due to the floods, which were caused by heavy monsoon rains in Sohbatpur, Balochistan, Pakistan. AFP
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People have been left to wade through floodwaters in order to return home in Dadu District, Sindh Province. AFP
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Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home in the Qambar Shahdadkot District of Sindh Province. AP
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Pakistani railway workers repair the track in flooded areas in Sehwan, Sindh Province. EPA
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Families gather outside their tents at a makeshift camp in Sukkur, Sindh Province. AFP
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Men perform ablution with the flood water in Bajara village, at the banks of Manchar Lake, Sehwan. Reuters
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Nur Mohammad has taken refuge at a school after the rains in Jacobabad, Sindh Province. AFP
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A girl carries her sibling as she walks through floodwaters in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Reuters
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A Pakistan soldier drops tents and food aid from a helicopter in Jaffarabad District, Balochistan Province. AFP
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People wait for relief supplies being dropped by Pakistan army helicopters. AFP
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Roads across the country have been damaged by floodwaters, including a vital route in Kalam Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. AP
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A Pakistan Air Force doctor examines a patient displaced by the floods at a makeshift medical camp in Rajanpur District, Punjab Province. AFP
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A family sit with their belongings as floodwaters rise in Sohbatpur, in Jaffarabad District. Reuters
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Makeshift tents in Sohbatpur. AFP
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People affected by floods move to higher ground on the outskirts of Quetta, Balochistan Province. EPA
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Displaced people join a food queue at a tent city set up by the Government of Sindh, Hyderabad. EPA
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Children attend classes in Sukkur. AP
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Nearly a third of Pakistan is flooded — an area the size of the United Kingdom — following months of record monsoon rains, which have killed 1,300 people and wreaked havoc. AFP
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Makeshift tents for people displaced due to the floods, which were caused by heavy monsoon rains in Sohbatpur, Balochistan, Pakistan. AFP
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People have been left to wade through floodwaters in order to return home in Dadu District, Sindh Province. AFP
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Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home in the Qambar Shahdadkot District of Sindh Province. AP
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Pakistani railway workers repair the track in flooded areas in Sehwan, Sindh Province. EPA
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Families gather outside their tents at a makeshift camp in Sukkur, Sindh Province. AFP
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Men perform ablution with the flood water in Bajara village, at the banks of Manchar Lake, Sehwan. Reuters
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Nur Mohammad has taken refuge at a school after the rains in Jacobabad, Sindh Province. AFP
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A girl carries her sibling as she walks through floodwaters in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Reuters
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A Pakistan soldier drops tents and food aid from a helicopter in Jaffarabad District, Balochistan Province. AFP
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People wait for relief supplies being dropped by Pakistan army helicopters. AFP
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Roads across the country have been damaged by floodwaters, including a vital route in Kalam Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. AP
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A Pakistan Air Force doctor examines a patient displaced by the floods at a makeshift medical camp in Rajanpur District, Punjab Province. AFP
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A family sit with their belongings as floodwaters rise in Sohbatpur, in Jaffarabad District. Reuters
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Makeshift tents in Sohbatpur. AFP
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People affected by floods move to higher ground on the outskirts of Quetta, Balochistan Province. EPA
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Displaced people join a food queue at a tent city set up by the Government of Sindh, Hyderabad. EPA
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Children attend classes in Sukkur. AP
UN chief appeals to world to help flood-hit Pakistan
Antonio Guterres appealed for $160 million in emergency funding to help those affected by the monsoon rains and floods
AP
09 September, 2022
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