Images: Floods ravage Pakistan

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Children fly a kite from the roof of an abandoned building where their families found shelter in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province on Sept. 4.

 

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An aerial view shows Pakistanis displaced by floods taking shelter on higher ground in Retla area in Punjab province on Aug. 31.

 

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Villagers affected by the floods walk through the water in Thatta on Aug. 29. Torrential monsoon rains have triggered massive floods that have moved steadily from north to south over the past month, engulfing a fifth of the volatile country and affecting 17 million of its 167 million people.

 

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People use a damaged railway track to cross heavy floodwater in Sultan Kot on Aug. 28.

 

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A man negotiates floodwaters with his chickens in the remote village of Ali Pur town in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab Province, on Aug. 28.

 

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Six-month-old Raja rests in a hammock while his mother cooks at an overhead bridge next to a flood relief camp in Sukkur on Aug. 28.

 

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Boats carrying flood survivors arrive on higher ground after their evacuation from flooded areas of Jampur on Aug. 28.

 

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An army paramedic treats a flood-affected man at a medical center in Rajanpur District in the far south-western part of Punjab on Aug. 28.