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The Great Flood

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A young boy holds up his soaked pants as he negotiates flood waters near his home in Nowshera, Pakistan on August 2.

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A boy and his father stop to rest as they dig through wreckage of their home destroyed by the heavy rains and flooding.

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A Pakistani volunteer uses a small boat to evacuate local residents in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 30.

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A man leads his water buffalo through a flooded street on August 1 in Nowshera, Pakistan.

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Onlookers perched on the remains of a washed-out bridge watch as a man shimmies himself across a rope to safety in Pakistan's Swat valley on August 3.

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A mosque in Nowshera submerged by flood waters on July 30.

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A boy walks past a car tossed amid the rubble of  destroyed homes on August 4 in Pabbi, Pakistan.

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A girl wades out into the flooded streets of Nowshera on August 1.

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A Pakistani man tries to salvage some his belongings from the thick mud and silt on August 2.

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Evacuating residents carry their belongings through the floodwaters of the Mohib Bhanda area in Nowshera on July 31.

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A Pakistani girl looks out from her damaged mud house in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 29.

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As the waters begin to recede in Pabbi, a boy makes his way along the muddy paths on August 4.

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