In pictures: Pakistan floods

An estimated 20 million people are thought to have been affected by serious flooding in Pakistan. Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images.

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A woman points towards her flooded home from a hilltop overlooking Nowshera, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on 31 July, 2010. Heavy monsoon rains triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest.
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Women wade through flood waters with their children while evacuating from Nowshera, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on 1 August, 2010.
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Two men stand outside their mosque as flood waters receded in Nowshera on 1 August 2010. By Sunday, the floods had killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan's northwest as rescuers battled to distribute relief to tens of thousands of trapped people.
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1 August 2010: A man evacuates his children through waist-deep waters after heavy flooding in Nowshera. Pakistan newspapers reported outbreaks of waterborne disease.
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Four-year-old Inamullah sits amidst furniture left to dry in a flooded courtyard after returning to his house in Nowshera, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on 1 August, 2010.
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A man tries to cross a make-shift bridge to escape his flooded home in Nowshera on 31 July, 2010. Heavy monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, forcing thousands of people from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers.
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A man uses a bucket to clear flood waters after returning to his house in Nowshera on 1 August, 2010.
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3 August, 2010: A girl looks at the damage from a wall after her family returned to find their residence destroyed from heavy floods in Nowshera.
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In Punjab Province, Oxfam has deployed emergency boats to assist government search and rescue efforts. So far we have helped evacuate 80,000 people to safety.
Photo: Oxfam

Oxfam's emergency response includes providing clean water to people in the worst-hit areas. We are also planning to provide emergency latrines and hygiene kits as well cooked food and cash-for-work to help people who have lost everything in the floods.
Photo: Oxfam

Life jackets are handed out on an Oxfam rescue boat. We have already helped evacuate 80,000 people to safety.
Photo: Oxfam

A complaint cell established by Oxfam partners to monitor concerns about conditions in the relief camps in Muzaffargargh, Punjab province.
Photo: Oxfam

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