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The flood-damaged countryside in Ghazi, Pakistan, is seen on Aug. 5. The United States announced an additional $20 million to help Pakistani flood victims amid growing concern over the political, economic, and security ramifications of the disaster. The new aid brought to $55 million the amount of funds committed by Washington so far to flood relief efforts in Pakistan, along with US military helicopters that have been airlifting survivors trapped by the worst floods in 80 years. Horace Murray/US Army/Reuters
Flies buzz around a baby sitting on the floor of a hospital providing emergency accommodation for flood victims in Charsadda, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on Aug. 17. Tim Wimborne/Reuters
A flood victim holds damaged railway tracks while crossing the flood waters to reach his village in Sultan Kot, Pakistan, on Aug. 17. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
A Pakistani flood survivor floats to a safer area on Aug. 16 in Khangarh, Pakistan. Angry flood survivors in the country blocked a highway to protest slow delivery of aid, and heavy rain lashed makeshift housing Monday as a forecast of more flooding increased the urgency of the massive international relief effort. KM Chaudary/AP
Pakistanis displaced by flooding fight each other for a bag of flour during aid distribution on the road near the flood line, outside Sukkar, Pakistan, on Aug. 17. Kevin Frayer/AP
A young flood survivor looks out from a tent at a camp for people displaced by floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Aug. 15. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world to speed up assistance to flood-ravaged Pakistan as the 20 million people made homeless grew increasingly desperate, and new torrents inundated villages. Aaron Favila/AP
Pakistanis displaced by flooding gather in a makeshift camp on higher ground near the flood line outside of Sukkar, Pakistan, on Aug. 17. Kevin Frayer/AP
An aerial view of the flooded Jafarabad district in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province is seen on Aug. 17. Only a small fraction of the six million Pakistanis desperate for food and clean water have received any help as the United Nations battled donor fatigue and appealed urgently for more funds. Rizwan Saeed/Reuters
Pakistanis chase a truck of food aid during a distribution on the road near the flood line outside Sukkar, Pakistan, on Aug. 17. Kevin Frayer/AP
People struggle to get relief foodstuffs distributed by volunteers outside a camp for flood-affected people in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on Aug. 18. So far the floods have submerged tens of thousands of villages, killed around 1,500 people and affected 20 million others, authorities say. Pervez Masih/AP
A young flood victim holds out a pot for food while racing after a vehicle with others taking refuge along a roadside in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district in Punjab Province on Aug. 13. Adrees Latif/Reuters
A couple wade through waist-deep floodwaters in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province on Aug. 11. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Residents evacuating through floodwaters dodge an Army truck carrying relief supplies for flood victims in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district in Punjab Province on Aug. 11. Adrees Latif/Reuters
A flood victim uses a stone to place a peg for his tent at a camp for people affected by floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Aug. 15. Aaron Favila/AP
Flood-affected people wait to break their fast on the first day of the Muslim fasting holy month of Ramadan in Multan, Pakistan, on Aug. 12. KM Chaudary/AP
A young Pakistani girl displaced with her family by flooding, sleeps on the ground at a temporary camp near the flood line outside Sukkar, Pakistan, on Aug. 17. Kevin Frayer/AP
A family takes refuge on top of a mosque while awaiting rescue from floodwaters in Sanawa, Pakistan, on Aug. 5. So far, the floods have killed more than 1,600 people, and officials said the toll was likely to climb. More than 4 million have also lost their livelihoods and homes. Reuters
Pakistani villager Rasool Bux and his cattle wade through the floodwaters to a safe area in Alipur near Sukkar, Pakistan, on Aug. 10. Shakil Adil/AP
Villagers wade through rising floodwaters in Baseera, Pakistan, on Aug. 10. The floods, triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rain over the upper Indus River basin that started nearly two weeks ago, have plowed a swath of destruction more than 600 miles long from northern Pakistan to the south. Adrees Latif/Reuters
A man marooned by floodwaters, alongside his livestock, waves towards an Army helicopter for relief handouts in the Rajanpur district of Pakistan's Punjab Province on Aug. 9. Reuters
Flood-stricken Pakistanis wait outside a relief center to get food on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Aug. 3. Mohammad Sajjad/AP
Pakistan Army soldiers rescue stranded villagers in Dera Ghazi Khan on Aug. 3. Relief work has been hampered by submerged roads, washed out bridges, and downed communication lines, and survivors have complained about government inaction. Shiekh Saleem Raza/AP
Flood-affected people jostle for food relief in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Aug. 6. Stormy weather grounded helicopters carrying emergency supplies to Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest Friday as the worst monsoon rains in decades brought more destruction. Mohammad Sajjad/AP
Pakistani volunteers unload sacks of flour provided by the US government in Kalam in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Aug. 11. B.K.Bangash/AP
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier controls the traffic through a flooded road caused by heavy monsoon rain in Bara Banda, near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Aug. 1. Anjum Naveed/AP
People carry their belongings as heavy floods destroy their homes in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Aug. 2. The government has deployed thousands of soldiers and civilian rescue workers to save an estimated 28,000 people trapped by the floodwaters, distribute food, and collect the bodies of the victims. Mohammad Sajjad/AP
A flood victim takes a moment to rest while salvaging belongings from mud in his destroyed village in Pabbi, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on Aug. 4. Pakistanis, facing life-threatening shortages, scoured towns for belongings and food in several areas on Wednesday after floods killed 1,400 people. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Heavy rains lashed areas of Pakistan already devastated by the worst floods in 80 years, intensifying a calamity that has cast more doubts about the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari. Reuters
Pakistani villagers flee their homes due to heavy flooding in Basera near Muzaffargarh, in central Pakistan, on Aug. 11. Pakistan estimates 13.8 million people are affected by the floods and will need short-term aid or long-term assistance to recover. KM Chaudary/AP
A Pakistani child plays with ropes outside his family's tent at a camp set up for flood survivors on Aug. 3 in Risalpur, Pakistan. Anjum Naveed/AP
A family fleeing floodwaters evacuates with their belongings while looking for higher ground in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan's Punjab Province on Aug. 6. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam due to a demonstration held by flood-affected people demanding that the government provide aid to flood victims on Aug. 2 in Nowshera, Pakistan. Pakistan dispatched medical teams to the deluged northwest amid fears that cholera could spread after the worst floods in the country's history. Anjum Naveed/AP
Pakistani flood survivor Jahanzeb Khan fans his child in a tent set up by the roadside in Camp Karoona near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Aug. 10. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari returned Tuesday to a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by the worst floods in its history that have affected nearly 14 million people. Anjum Naveed/AP
A family trapped by heavy flooding is evacuated with other residents by a Pakistani Army helicopter in Sanawan near Multan in central Pakistan on Aug. 5. Flood survivors loaded down with possessions fled a growing deluge in Pakistan's most populous province Thursday as the government came under renewed criticism for its response to the worst monsoon rains in decades. Khalid Tanveer/AP
Pakistani children sit on a bed to eat their food, in a flood hit area of Qasim Bella, on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, on July 21. Kahlid Tanveer/AP
Houses and narrow surrounding areas are left amid flood waters in Kot Addu, Pakistan, on Aug. 4. Khalid Tanveer/AP
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