Around Pakistan in pictures

Published May 14, 2014
A Pakistani labourer stands atop a truck  on a rainy day in Lahore on May 13, 2014. – Photo by AFP
A Pakistani labourer stands atop a truck on a rainy day in Lahore on May 13, 2014. – Photo by AFP
A Pakistani man carries a charpai along a street on a rainy day in Lahore on May 13, 2014. – Photo by AFP
A Pakistani man carries a charpai along a street on a rainy day in Lahore on May 13, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani camel milk sellers sit near a fire in the rain in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. – Photo by AP
Pakistani camel milk sellers sit near a fire in the rain in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. – Photo by AP
Hajra Bibi plucks flowers in the field to be sold in local markets in the outskirts of Lahore May 9, 2014. – Photo by Reuters
Hajra Bibi plucks flowers in the field to be sold in local markets in the outskirts of Lahore May 9, 2014. – Photo by Reuters
An Afghan refugee boy walks in an alley of a refugee camp in the rain in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. – Photo by AP
An Afghan refugee boy walks in an alley of a refugee camp in the rain in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. – Photo by AP
A Pakistani labourer carries a sack of wheat to build a pyramid of wheat sacks used to store wheat supplies near Multan in  South Punjab province May 12, 2014. Every year hundreds of labourers help build the huge pyramids where the government stores wheat sometimes for months on end following the year's harvest, labourers said. – Photo by Reuters
A Pakistani labourer carries a sack of wheat to build a pyramid of wheat sacks used to store wheat supplies near Multan in South Punjab province May 12, 2014. Every year hundreds of labourers help build the huge pyramids where the government stores wheat sometimes for months on end following the year's harvest, labourers said. – Photo by Reuters
Labourers pick weeds in a pepper field near Multan in South Punjab province May 14, 2014. – Photo by Reuters
Labourers pick weeds in a pepper field near Multan in South Punjab province May 14, 2014. – Photo by Reuters
Pakistani men ride on their bicycles on a rainy day in Lahore on May 13, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani men ride on their bicycles on a rainy day in Lahore on May 13, 2014. – Photo by AFP
A Pakistani herder leads his camels along a road in the central Punjab city of Jhang on May 12, 2014. Seventy percent of Pakistan's 180 million population live in rural areas and most of them depend of livestock.  – Photo by AFP
A Pakistani herder leads his camels along a road in the central Punjab city of Jhang on May 12, 2014. Seventy percent of Pakistan's 180 million population live in rural areas and most of them depend of livestock. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani schoolchildren ride a horse cart as they return from school in Gojra, some 25 kilometers from Faisalabad, on May 12, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Pakistani schoolchildren ride a horse cart as they return from school in Gojra, some 25 kilometers from Faisalabad, on May 12, 2014. – Photo by AFP

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