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The Guardian - UK
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Pakistan's displaced people

Pakistan Swat exodus: People flee Pakistan's Swat valley after a curfew was temporarily lifted
People flee Pakistan's restive Swat valley after a curfew was temporarily lifted to allow people to leave the intensifying conflict Photograph: Rashid Iqbal/EPA
Pakistan Swat exodus: Refugees flee fighting in the north west frontier province of Pakistan,
People travel by road as they flee military operations in Swat, Buner and Lower Dir in Malakand, Pakistan Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Pakistan Swat exodus: Displaced Pakistanis hitch a ride underneath a container truck
Displaced Pakistanis from Swat and Buner hitch a ride underneath a container truck in Mardan Photograph: Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan Swat exodus: An internally displaced mother holds her baby as they travel by road
An internally displaced mother holds her baby as they travel by road fleeing military operations in Swat, Buner and Lower Dir Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Pakistan Swat exodus: Internally Displaced Persons travel by road as they flee operations
Scores of people travel by road as they flee military operations Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Pakistan Swat exodus: Local residents flee from Mingora, in Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley
Residents flee Mingora, the main town in Pakistan's troubled Swat valley. Thousands of fearful civilians, many on foot or donkey-pulled carts, streamed out of the area as authorities briefly lifted a curfew Photograph: /AP
Pakistan Swat exodus: An internally displaced Pakistani man holds up an identity card
An internally displaced Pakistani man, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, holds up an identity card as he waits in line for relief supplies at a UN High Commissioner for Refugees distribution point at a makeshift camp in Mardan Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan Swat exodus: A Pakistani UNHCR official registers displaced men at a makeshift camp.
A UN High Commissioner for Refugees official at a makeshift camp in Mardan registers displaced men fleeing military operations against Taliban militants Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan Swat exodus: Internally displaced people queue for tea and bread at UNHCR Jalala camp
People queue for tea and bread at the UNHCR Jalala camp in Takht Bai village in Mardan, Pakistan Photograph: Mian Khursheed/Reuters
Pakistan Swat exodus: Children wait to get food at a refugee camp in Mardan
Children wait to get food at a refugee camp in Mardan. The UN said 360,600 refugees had fled Swat and the neighbouring Dir and Buner districts since Pakistan's army launched a new offensive against Taliban militants last week Photograph: Greg Baker/AP
Pakistan Swat exodus: A man internally displaced from Swat Valley carries a sack at a relief camp
A man carries a sack of wheat flour as others wait their turn at a relief camp in Mardan, Pakistan Photograph: Mohammad Sajjad/AP
Pakistan Swat exodus: Pakistani men line up to register at a refugee camp at Swabi, Pakistan
Pakistani men line up to register at a refugee camp at Swabi, in north-west Pakistan Photograph: Greg Baker/AP
Pakistan Swat exodus: Pakistani boys walk through a refugee camp at Swabi, in northwest Pakistan
Pakistani boys walk through a refugee camp at Swabi, in north-west Pakistan Photograph: Greg Baker/AP
Pakistan Swat exodus: A young internally displaced girl sorts through her family's belongings
A young girl internally displaced by military operations in Lower Dir sorts through her family's belongings in Malakand, Pakistan Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
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