Farms in Pakistan's chilli capital wiped out by heat and floods - in pictures

Floods that wreaked havoc across Pakistan on the back of several years of high temperatures have left chilli farmers struggling to cope

Near Kunri, a town in southern Pakistan known as Asia's chilli capital, 40-year-old farmer Leman Raj, pictured right with his son, rustles through dried plants looking for any of the bright-red chillies in his largely ruined crop that may have survived. All photos: Reuters

Near Kunri, a town in southern Pakistan known as Asia's chilli capital, 40-year-old farmer Leman Raj, pictured right with his son, rustles through dried plants looking for any of the bright-red chillies in his largely ruined crop that may have survived. All photos: Reuters

Nov 07, 2022

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