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People struggle to push motorbikes and rickshaws through flooded streets in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore after the metropolis, home to 13 million, was deluged with record-breaking rainfall. IMAGES
UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for "massive investments" to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods. "Rebuilding Pakistan in a resilient way will run in excess of 16 billion US dollars, and far more will be needed in the longer term," the UN's Secretary-General tells an international conference in Geneva, which is seeking billions of dollars in donor pledges and other support for the flood-hit country. SOUNDBITE
Rescuers from the Pakistan navy help residents in Dadu evacuate from their flooded homes, as large parts of southern Pakistan remain under water. More than 33 million people in Pakistan have been affected by the flooding, brought on by record monsoon rains amplified by climate change. The floods have caused at least 1,300 deaths and washed away homes, businesses, roads and bridges. IMAGES
At least 53 people are killed and 60 injured after heavy rain across northwest Pakistan and areas of Kashmir caused landslides and the roofs of dozens of homes to collapse. IMAGES of floods and flood damage in Peshawar
Images of the Lourdes sanctuary, which was partially flooded on Friday night, forcing the closure of the grotto, while several floods affected the Hautes-Pyrénées department. IMAGES
Separatist militants killed at least 39 people in "coordinated" attacks in southwestern Pakistan that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said. In one of the attacks, dozens of militants stopped vehicles travelling on a highway through Balochistan province and shot 23 people dead -- one of the worst shootings in the region in the past several years. IMAGES
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