Don't you, forget about me

AFP Published December 15, 2010
Flood survivors rebuild a house at the flooded town of Khairpur Nathanshah, 350 kilometres (220 miles) from Karachi.
Flood survivors rebuild a house at the flooded town of Khairpur Nathanshah, 350 kilometres (220 miles) from Karachi.
A boy stands in his destroy house at the flooded town of Khairpur Nathanshah.
A boy stands in his destroy house at the flooded town of Khairpur Nathanshah.
People walk on the high ground at the flooded town.
People walk on the high ground at the flooded town.
A woman carries her son as she prepares food for her family.
A woman carries her son as she prepares food for her family.
Children play at the town of Khairpur Nathanshah.
Children play at the town of Khairpur Nathanshah.
Children play on the debris of a destroyed house.
Children play on the debris of a destroyed house.
A girl carries firewood on her head as she walks back to her destroyed home.
A girl carries firewood on her head as she walks back to her destroyed home.
A girl carries firewood on her head as she walks back to her destroyed home.
A girl carries firewood on her head as she walks back to her destroyed home.

Large areas are still submerged under flood waters that ravaged Pakistan earlier this year but UN refugee agency the UNHCR says Pakistani families are increasingly swapping life in the camps to go home, however bleak the conditions as winter sets in.

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