Pakistan floods

A boy looks out from his temporary shelter in a tree in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province Photograph: Waseem Qureshi/EPA

Local residents make their way through floodwaters in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province Photograph: Waseem Qureshi/EPA

A child suffering from a waterborne disease lies in bed at a local hospital in Multan Photograph: Khalid Tanveer/AP

Bhirao, 5, takes care of her baby brother. Her family have fled to higher ground with their livestock to escape the flooding in Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

Children are treated for waterborne diseases at a local hospital in Multan Photograph: Khalid Tanveer/AP

A woman washes clothes in a temporary camp for displaced people in Nowshera Photograph: Mohammad Sajjad/AP

A woman displaced by the flooding cares for her ailing son at a field hospital near Nowshera Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Members of a family displaced by the flooding look out from their makeshift roadside shelter near Sukkar, Sindh province Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

A woman displaced by the flooding tries to comfort her crying child at a school converted to a camp on the outskirts of Nowshera Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

A girl displaced by the flooding carries bottles of drinking water at a camp in Nowshera Photograph: Mohammad Sajjad/AP

People displaced by the flooding are evacuated by the Pakistani army in Mirpur Buriro Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Nasa satellite images show the swollen Indus river and two of its tributaries, the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. The top photo was taken on 10 July, the bottom one on 11 August Photograph: Nasa/Reuters

A photograph taken from a Pakistani army helicopter show the extent of the flooding in Sindh province Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

People displaced by the flooding tussle for bags of wheat given out by a local charity in Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Stranded people surrounded by floodwater look up at a Pakistani army helicopter sent to evacuate them in Mirpur Buriro Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Haseena Begum weeps as she recalls her home being washed away at a relief camp in Multan Photograph: K.M.Chaudary/AP

Pakistani soldiers evacuate flood victims from flooded areas in Layyah, southern Punjab province Photograph: Mk Chaudhry/EPA

Pakistani men unload bags of flour from a US army Chinook helicopter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Photograph: Staff Sgt. Horace Murray/EPA

People displaced by the flooding tussle for food aid at the roadside distribution point in Khangarh village Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

Families displaced by the flooding make their way towards a temporary camp in Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

Flood victims rush towards a Pakistani navy helicopter distributing food parcels in Khairpur district Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

Flood victims tussle for food parcels dropped by a Pakistani army helicopter near Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

People displaced by the flooding use a boat to ferry their belongings in Khairpur district Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

People displaced by the flooding sleep outside their tents at a makeshift camp in Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

Ali Mardan leads his two donkeys through floodwaters near Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

A woman displaced by the flooding carries cups of tea for her family members at a makeshift camp in Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

A villager is rescued from the floodwaters by a Pakistani navy helicopter near Sukkur, Sindh province Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

Flood victims wait to be evacuated by a Pakistani navy vessel in Sangi Patan Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images