Pakistan, late July 2010 :
Heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa,
Sindh, Punjab and
Balochistan regions
affected the Indus River.
One-fifth of Pakistan's total land area went underwater,
approximately 796,095 square kilometres...
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Village under water |
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| Islamabad, Pakistan - August 28 2010 : Armed security guards are a common sight even at small shops in the wake of Taliban threat. On 27th Aug, the Taliban announced that they will be out to kidnap aid workers. |
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| Rawalpindi, Pakistan - August 2010 : A fruit seller takes a second glance at a foreigner in his city. |
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| Rawalpindi, Pakistan - August 2010 : A common street |
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| Charsadda, Pakistan - August 2010 : Water provided to this refugee camp by UNICEF (HRDS). This is on e of the worst disaster in recent times but with the least UN and NGO aid. |
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| Charsadda, Pakistan - August 2010 : Sister taking care of her younger siblings. |
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| Charsadda, Pakistan - August 2010 : Children having fun in a refugee camp. |
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| Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : Man going for his daily prayers. |
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| Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : A school area converted to sleeping quarters at night. |
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| Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : Contamination of water source has caused many to fall ill. This kitten was not spared either. |
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| Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : Singapore humanitarian team assembling a water filter for the refugees. Other items donated include food supplies. |
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| Thatta, Pakistan - 29 August 2010 : Families migrating from potential flood area. Water level rises quickly and it is pridicted that this area will be covered with water in a day or two. |
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| Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : A hot day. |
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| Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : Neither words nor pictures can describe how they feel. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Banana plantation buried in water. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Homeless calf. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Herdsman at a lost. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Family of 4 building a shelter with dried branches. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : This boy was trying to save whatever is left with the drowned banana plantation. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Buried 6 feet under. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Electrical cables leading to a village... now under water. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Met these 2 men packing the soft soil east of the levee in hope to delay it from breaking. It gave way a few hours after our team left this area. News have it that one of these 2 men drowned trying to save a women from the rushing water. |
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| Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Rescue boats. |
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| Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : Migration. |
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| Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : Water distribution by local aid workers. |
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| Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : This women tried to tell me that there is not enough for her and family. |
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| Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Last one standing. Sugar cane plantation destroyed by the flood. |
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| Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Boy meeting his friends for a day out. |
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| Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Flood water receded leaving the soil destroyed. |
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| Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Lone tree survived the flood. Water pump destroyed. |
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