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It is only the start of the monsoon season, but already Pakistan is experiencing some of the worst flooding it has seen in over
80 years. Entire villages have been washed away, an early estimate of over 1,600 deaths so far and over 2 million displaced or
otherwise affected. Not only is the immediate water damage causing havoc, the floods have inundated crop-producing areas,
dealing a crippling blow to the agricultural-based economy and threatening a food crisis. The Pakistani government now
struggles to rescue and provide aid to millions - while still fighting with militant Islamist forces in many of the hardest-hit
regions. With even more heavy rains predicted in the coming days, here are a handful of recent photographs of Pakistanis as
they cope with this latest disaster. (41 photos total)
A boy hangs on to the front of a cargo truck while passing through a flooded road in Risalpur, located in Nowshera District in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province July
30, 2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif)
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Men take refuge on a boat during heavy rain in Pakistan's Nowshera District on July 29, 2010. (REUTERS/K. Parvez) #
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Residents watch water pour through a street on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on July 28, 2010. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Pakistani villagers move to high ground escaping a flood-hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) #
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Nimra, a three-year-old girl, who was rescued along with her family from Kaalam in the northern area, kisses the window glass of an army helicopter after their arrival
5 at Khuazakhela in Swat district located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on August 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood) #
Residents watch from a nearby hill as army helicopters rescued trapped residents from Nowshera, Pakistan on July 31, 2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
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Residents stand by flood water that entered a residential area of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan on July 30, 2010. (SAJJAD QAYYUM/AFP/Getty Images) #
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An aerial view of a man and his animals surrounded by floodwater in Taunsa near Multan, Pakistan, flooded on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer) #
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A Pakistani villager struggles to reach his village through a fast-moving flood water caused by heavy monsoon rain in Bakhtiarabad, 250 km (155 mi) north of Quetta,
9 Pakistan on Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Fida Hussain) #
An aerial view shows Nowshera city submerged in flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) #
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A Pakistani volunteer uses a small boat to evacuate locals in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 30, 2010. (A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Pakistani flood survivors cross a bridge near a damaged home in Medain, a town of Swat valley on August 2, 2010. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Pakistan army soldiers pass a baby across a channel in the floodwater as they help people flee from their flooded village following heavy monsoon rains in
13 Taunsa, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer) #
Villagers try to catch trees floating in the flooded Nelum river in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed)
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Residents help a man untie a chicken from his neck after he evacuated his flooded home with the fowl by swimming to higher grounds in Nowshera, Pakistan on
15 August 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
A family being rescued by army soldiers passes a cargo truck with men on top taking shelter from heavy floods in Nowshera, Pakistan on July 31, 2010.
16 (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
A soldier evacuating residents carries a flood victim to a helicopter in Sanawa, Pakistan's on August 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #
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A Pakistani boy named Jeeshan stands outside his tent in a camp set up by the Pakistani army inside a college on the outskirts of Nowshera on August 2, 2010.
18 (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) #
Pakistani flood survivors line up beside a damaged bridge in Medain, a town of Swat Valley on August 2, 2010. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A boy is flung back by the force of a Pakistan Air Force helicopter rotors as it drops water supplies to residents on August 2, 2010 in Nowshera, Pakistan. (Daniel
20 Berehulak/Getty Images) #
Evacuees wade through a flooded area following heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Saeed Ahmad) #
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People wait to cross a flooded road in Bannu, northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Ijaz Mohammad) #
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A boy walks through flood destroyed homes on August 4, 2010 in Pabbi, near Nowshera, Pakistan. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #
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A family portrait is seen, attached to a bookcase buried in mud on August 4, 2010 in Pabbi, Pakistan. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #
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An aerial view of floodwater covering the land as far as the eye can see, around Taunsa near Multan, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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A flood survivor carries a soaked mat in a flooded area of Nowshera on August 3, 2010. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A man gathers up some of his belongings outside his flooded house in Nowshera, Pakistan on August 2, 2010. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Pakistani women pray at sunset by the Ravi river in Lahore on August 2, 2010. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A boy sits on a bed as his family members salvage belongings from their destroyed house in Pabbi, Pakistan on August 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood) #
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Flood victims line up to collect relief supplies from the Army in Nowshera, Pakistan on August 2, 2010. Islamist charities, some with suspected ties to militants,
30 stepped in on Monday to provide aid for Pakistanis hit by the worst flooding in memory, piling pressure on a government criticized for its response to the disaster
that has so far killed more than 1,000 people. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
Flood-affected people jostle for food relief in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) #
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A Pakistani worker pushes back flood-stricken women who are trying to enter a relief center to get food supplies on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan,
32 Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) #
Families set in for the evening in their makeshift tent homes located on a median strip after having abandoned their flood-destroyed homes, on August 3, 2010 in
33 Pabi, Pakistan. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #
Children, whose families have declined to be rescued, wade in rising flood waters on August 6, 2010 in the village of Panu Akil, near Sukkur, Pakistan. Rescue
34 workers and armed forces continued rescue operations evacuating thousands in Pakistan's heartland province of Sindh. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #
Residents evacuate to safety in a flood-hit area of Nowshera, Pakistan on July 30, 2010. (A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) #
35
Onlookers perched on a damaged bridge watch a flood survivor use a rope to cross the river in Chakdara in Pakistan's Swat Valley on August 3, 2010.
36 (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images) #
A young flood survivor cools herself with water at a makeshift camp in Nowshera, Pakistan on August 5, 2010. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A man tries to cross a makeshift bridge to escape his flooded home in Nowshera, Pakistan on July 31, 2010. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
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A Pakistan army helicopter evacuates stranded villagers in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) #
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A family takes refuge on top of a mosque while awaiting rescue from flood waters in Sanawa, a town located in the Muzaffar Ghar district of Pakistan's Punjab
40 province on August 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #
A woman yells as her child is evacuated from the roof of a mosque where residents were taking refuge from flood waters in Sanawa, Pakistan on August 5, 2010.
41 (REUTERS/Stringer) #
MORE LINKS AND INFORMATION

Heavy rains expected in Pakistan's flood areas - Reuters, 8/6
Continuing Rain Slows Flood Aid in Pakistan - NYTimes.com, 8/5
Anger at Zardari Grows as Pakistan Battles Floods - NYTimes.com, 8/6
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30 One word: Heartbreaking.
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32 @ Anonymous --- You simply put of the dirt in your mind about Pakistan here.
People are in crisis instead of praying for them you start your shop here. Your comments hurt me alot. I AD VERT ISEMENT
am a Pakistani and i Love Pakistan till the last pint of blood.

I am very thankful to people with generous comments.
Posted by shakeel August 6, 2010 04:06 PM
33 Some people are crazy.... stop judging Pakistani citizens who cannot be blamed for few idiotic persons
who have acted inhuman.
There are many innocent people losing lives for no reason.
God save his own creation , whether its Pakistan or India...

Posted by MJ_INDIAN August 6, 2010 04:10 PM
34 @Anonymous - your comments are DISGUSTING...if a flood were to hit your country, you being one of
the millions of individuals who suffered this crisis, and I say that I am numbed by the pain since your
country is causing chaos around this planet, I'm sure you'd think otherwise...pathetic
Posted by az August 6, 2010 04:42 PM
35 It's a good thing Hillary Clinton gave that $10 (yes, ten dollars) to help these poor people.
Seem unbelievable? Look here:

http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/112733-hillary-clinton-texts-a-10-donation-to-pakistan-
flood-relief
What a fine example of a human being we have as the head of our state department.
Posted by LibertyJuggernaut August 6, 2010 04:45 PM
36 I have no words for this misery people of Pakistan are going through nowadays. I have lived there 32
years ago. What a beautiful country I have seen ! Now it is nearly worn out and damaged and suffering.
I am only sad and I pray for those who are affected by the floods. Nobody in Europe can imagine such a
situation...
Posted by Johanna August 6, 2010 05:29 PM
37 Great pictures! Horrible disaster! Doesn't matter where flooding occurs, its always heart wrenching to
watch people suffer.
Picture # 1, That boy is going to get hurt pretty bad if that truck runs over a submerged debris. From
what I have read, most of the houses in the affected areas are made out of mud, clay and straws. Those
houses never stood a chance against rushing flood waters. I hope the red crescent send tonnes of badly
need food, shelters and medicine.
On a lighter side, young Pakistani men are not bad to look at. #21 #35
Posted by E. Lynko August 6, 2010 05:37 PM
38 Pakistani people's are very innocent.. pakisatni people wants peace in country and also arround the
world,
pakistani people wants to help with those people's who's in hardel.. pakistani people did help intra
country or inter countries.. InshAllah will be continuing help for all people's arround the world.. now
pakistani people among the flood,,
my request to All Muslim's countries please help with pakistani people's..
Posted by ASHRAF KUST UNIVERSITY KOHAT August 6, 2010 05:44 PM
39 Photos are too fine to render horror of disaster. They look like a tourist's brochure. Unfortunately, they
show the reality...
Posted by Resolut August 6, 2010 05:47 PM
40 ;( these pictures are awsome but i think these r very small quantity of pics many people killed in these
flood my eyes have tears and please friends pray for Pakistan they have many problems every city have
problem but some killing, plane crash, terrorism, flood, electricity, they face shortage of electricity
every poor person just thinking for suicide well in the end i pray plz God Allah Christ Bhagvan save
Pakistan Pakistan zindabad
Posted by ismail zaidi August 6, 2010 06:17 PM
41 What the people of this actual earth civilization didn't understood is that you cannot play with the
mother nature too long.
Hope, strength and compassion for the Pakistani people.
The pictures tell more then 1000 words.
Posted by shambu August 6, 2010 06:28 PM
42 @35, oh yes, I'm certain that $10 is definitely the total sum of her past and current efforts on behalf of
Pakistan. It's a public gesture of encouragement to give, you nimrod -- but then you knew that, and you
just enjoy spreading bottom-barrel, substanceless criticism).
Posted by Robin Michael August 6, 2010 07:34 PM
43 This (disaster) could happen anywhere else.

Katrina showed us what she CAN do in making havoc in one of the country that is NOT listed in 100
FAILED caountry.
This comment is for @anon comment #14

Posted by abu aysha August 6, 2010 07:44 PM
44 THIS IS MY COUNTRY, THESE ARE MY PEOPLE, THIS IS MY LAND, BUT I COUNT NOT DO
ANYTHING FOR THEM IN THIS DISASTER, ALL ARE HELPLESS LOOKING FOR HELP, LOOKING
FOR SO CALLED AND THIRD CLASS LEADERS.
GOD BLESS PAKISTAN GOD BLESS PAKISTANI PEOPLES, I NEVER SEEN THIS HIGH FLOOD IN
HISTORY. ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS TIME PAKISTAN UNDER NATURAL AND UNNATURAL
DISASTER. EVERY PROVENCE TRAP IN TERROR. EVERY COMMON MAN IN TERROR THEIR
EYES LOOKING ON SKY.... AND PRAYING TO GOD,
PLEASE GOD HELP THESE PEOPLE HELP THEM IN THIS VERY BAD AND WORSE SITUATION...
I HAVE MANY WORD FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THIS SITUATION BUT I DONT
HAVE COURAGE TO SAY ANY THING MORE................................
Posted by ANIS August 6, 2010 08:07 PM
45 This shows the power of mother nature. These people need help. They lost their homes, their furniture,
everything. It is not about opinions, it is about compasion.
They will not have access to drinkable water or food in months. Roades were also destroyed.
You should step out of your bubble and stand on these people´s feet so you can enjoy more your
situation.
Posted by Sergio August 6, 2010 08:10 PM
46 Aye what a sad day for the Americans on this board. I am appalled and embarrassed at the negative
comments. It pleases my heart to see the prayers(whatever religion), the thoughts for the suffering
(whatever religion), the hope that can survive(whatever religion). My heart breaks at these pictures,
and they are relatively calm pictures for the disaster the people of Pakistan are currently living. How
sickening Abby. To keep your fingers crossed? As thousands of people die? You keep your fingers
crossed. You would see these innocent peoples die for one man? Haven't enough died?
Props to Stephen for a truthful insight!
Posted by Ankhamorad August 6, 2010 08:45 PM
47 Great photos. We learn a lot from such as these.

Posted by Bruce August 6, 2010 09:16 PM
48 I wonder how much disaster aid China, North Korea, Iran and Russia will send to Pakistan.
Or England, France and Germany for that matter.
I wonder when USA will stop tring to save everyone around the world and put the money to work right
here within our borders for our own school systems.
It's sad there is suffering in Pakistan with the flooding.
Same can be said for here in USA.
I see more people in world villifying the USA than ever before and yet USA still sends help.
Wise up Congress! Keep our aid money right here and let the other countries I mentioned step up to the
plate and help.
It doesn't look like aid will be sent for comrades from China. Why should they? Stupid Americans will
borrow money from Chinese to give to Pakistan. USA taxpayers will pay the interest.
Posted by Ovalhed August 6, 2010 09:19 PM
49 @LibertyJuggernaut - Hillary did it to encourage American's to do it for a specific program to send $10
at a time to the UN High Commissioner.
You're pathetic attack on her shows just how bankrupt political hacks as yourself are to use a disaster
like this to attack someone you hate irrationally.
I have friends in Pakistan. You did them a disservice as you did America. You should be ashamed. But
you no doubt are too full of self-righteious hatred to even consider the possibility.
Posted by Eric August 6, 2010 09:47 PM
50 To all those advocating prayer, how about asking for something...you know...uh..useful? God doesn't
exist; never has and never will. Grow up already and realize there is no magic sky daddy looking out for
you and solve your own damn problems.
51 :'(
Posted by Anonymous August 6, 2010 10:27 PM
52 where are all the women in the photos?

Posted by just sayin' August 6, 2010 11:05 PM
53 #14 You are being heartless. You are most likely from the US because of the pseudo redneck attitude I
sense. Natural disasters strike, sometimes worse than what was thought possible. I know you can't see
past your nose, but these are people like yourself and myself, your average citizen of a country who live
and work in the country you are born in. We are no better or worse than them.
Just remember Katrina hit the south and look how many people died and suffered? And the US is
supposedly a 1st world nation. No country can adequately be prepared to the full extent for every
disaster. Can they? I live in Los Angeles and if / when we get hit by a major earthquake I have no faith
there will be adequate support to handle the tragedy.
Please all of you people who think posting political bias comments, think twice about it and be a human
being for once.
Posted by JM August 6, 2010 11:05 PM
54 Look at Pic no.15 I cant understand why this guy tied a chicken on his neck in that crucial time.... I
Guess He is Chicken Lover :p
Posted by us August 6, 2010 11:33 PM
55 oh my god...it's a big disaster

god protect all people.
I am from argentina, is terribly painful to see so many people suffer.
God Protect them.
pray allah
my heart is also suffering.
Posted by casey August 6, 2010 11:46 PM
56 i feel bad for the innocent.. but for the evil ones there. and yes.. I PERSONALLY know evil ones there.. i
pray this shows them they need to mend their horrible evil ways..i can now sleep knowing that the
ones .. who i knew.. the ones who valued money and possessions over family.. over BLOOD>... now
have to start over.. as i also had to do cause of them..
( sorry.. lots of goood ppl there.. just not around me)

Posted by m August 7, 2010 12:33 AM
57 Heartbreaking ....... :(
Posted by Anonymous August 7, 2010 12:33 AM
58 to commentor 54.. think about it.. a flood.. no food... if he lets the only food available die.. he has
nothing to feed anyone when he gets out of that water..
survival..
and chicken there.. is not eaten daily by the . poorer class people. they r lucky to get it every few weeks.
unlike most of us around the world..
its the MOST expensive meat there. and he cant carry larger animals. can he??
Posted by M August 7, 2010 12:36 AM
59 #54 this shows you these poor peoples desperation ... save whatever you can.. maybe the chicken got in
his way... what a horrible position to be in.. God Bless Pakistan
Posted by fahad August 7, 2010 12:38 AM
60 @35, alright, so how much have you donated? Would you have known of the specific charity
demonstrated by Clinton had it not been published as news when she texted in?
@48, China has committed 10 million yuan, plus immediate emergency service personnel, tents,
medicine, and evacuation assistance. The other countries you list (save for North Korea -- are you
ignorant?) have also stepped up to help Pakistan.
You say the US should keep our aid dollars local in these dire situations -- do you not realize that many
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in the aftermath of Katrina:
China offered close to 30 million yuan, Iraq offered 20 mil barrels of crude oil, and Russia was one of
the first to come to our aid with evacuation planes/equipment, medical equipment, a water-cleansing
system, rescue helicopters, 10 coordinators, 50 rescuers, and 6 tons of drinking water.
As for the other countries you mention...
The UK contributed 500,000 ration packs (valued at 3 mil euros), search/rescue equipment, medical
experts, engineers, high-volume pumps, and many many more skilled personnel with disaster
management, emergency response, and medical training. They also pledged releasing an extra 2.2 mil
barrels to the world market to offset rising gas prices thanks to the shut down of refiners.
France offered to help but they were denied at first. When we finally went crawling back to request the
aid we had refused earlier, France gave a large number of tents, beds, generators, pumps, purification
stations, and other materials. They sent over 100 experts trained in catastrophy intervention. They
offered 2 ships and 8 planes-worth of medical assistance/facilities. French non-governmental
organizations stepped up to offer emergency telecom and water management services.
Germany immediately sent 25 tons of food rations, with subsequent planes also landing afterwards.
Germany offered assistance with airlifting, vaccinations, water purification, medical supplies (including
German air force hospital planes), generators, and pumps. The German air force scrambled to help
deliver these materials, also aided by chartered jets from the German gov't. The Minister-President of
the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate offered financial assistance to US servicemen who were
stationed in US bases there who had families that were affected by the flooding.
You speak out of anger and ignorance. Please do your research before you attack both our ally countries
and those who offer to help other human beings IN SPITE of political differences. I hope you decide to
offer emergency assistance to the Pakistanis; even they donated $1 million to the US after Katrina as
well as providing a team of medical doctors.
Posted by Katie August 7, 2010 01:08 AM
61
Pakistan must not allow Zardari's plane to land.He does not care about Pakistani people.
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am a Pakistani and i Love Pakistan till the last pint of blood.

God save his own creation , whether its Pakistan or India...

Seem unbelievable? Look here:

43 This (disaster) could happen anywhere else.

This comment is for @anon comment #14

Posted by Ankhamorad August 6, 2010 08:45 PM

47 Great photos. We learn a lot from such as these.

52 where are all the women in the photos?

55 oh my god...it's a big disaster

( sorry.. lots of goood ppl there.. just not around me)

in the aftermath of Katrina:

As for the other countries you mention...

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