Pakistan flood: Sehwan Sharif

A boat transports people in Sehwan Sharif, Sindh province, which has been inundated by overflowing water from the nearby Manchar lake Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

Young flood refugees in their tent. They are members of the Chota community, an ethnic Baloch tribal group Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

A rickshaw travels along a canal embankment in Sehwan Sharif, a town surrounded by floodwater Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

A man drinks tea at the Father of the Nation restaurant, whose walls are plastered with images of the Bhutto political dynasty Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

Pakistani soldiers drop food aid from a helicopter to a village in the Dadu district in Sindh province. Flimsy packaging means that many food packages burst on impact Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

People stranded by floodwaters rush for food aid dropped from a Pakistani army helicopter in Dadu district Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

Villagers wave at the helicopter dropping food aid at a village in Dadu district Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

People in the Dadu district gesture at a passing army helicopter Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

An aerial view of a flood-affected area in Sehwan Sharif Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

Fishermen on the Indus delta where catches have increased dramatically since the summer floods Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

Flood refugee Rehmat Chutto, a 50-year-old mother of 12 at her tent in Sehwan Sharif Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

Flood-affected families load their luggage on to buses in Karachi before setting off home Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

A child leans out of a bus in Karachi as people affected by the floods prepare to return home Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

The shrine in Sehwan Sharif, home to the tomb of the revered Afghan Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

A gynaecologist and a midwife attend to young mothers from a flood-affected community now living in an old rice storage depot on the edge of Karachi Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

A newborn baby is bathed in an old Karachi rice storage depot Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

Shehrban, a one-day old child, is held by his mother at the old rice depot. Conditions there are filthy, with little sanitation or shelter, although the government provides food and water Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian

A child from a flood-affected community living in desperate conditions on the edge of Karachi Photograph: Declan Walsh for the Guardian