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Wednesday
Riot police fire tear gas shells toward supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan gathered near Khan's house to prevent officers from arresting him, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday. The police withdrew later in the day. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Policemen try to stop activists during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Islamabad on March 8 — and demand equal rights for women in Pakistan. Thousands of women took part in rallies across the country despite efforts by authorities in several cities to block the marches. Aamir Qureshi/ AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Police try to stop International Women's Day protests in Pakistan. Protesters persist
Wednesday
A little girl clutches a small bag of rice — leftovers from a meal she was served at a free-food hall at a sprawling shrine to the Sufi saint Bari Imam on the outskirts of Pakistani capital Islamabad. Many visitors to the shrine scoop up the free meal they are given into plastic bags to feed children at home. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
The proud Pakistani tradition of feeding the hungry is strained as food prices soar
Saturday
A Belarusian tractor laden with harvested sugarcane idles outside a sugar mill. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Sunday
FILE - Pervez Musharraf addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Nov. 10, 2001, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. An official said Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan military ruler who backed US war in Afghanistan after 9/11, has died. Beth Keiser/AP hide caption
Ex-Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf, who aided U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died
Thursday
Security officials and rescue workers conduct an operation on Tuesday to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. The assault on a mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan in recent years. Muhammad Zubair/AP hide caption
Monday
Security officials and rescue workers search for bodies Monday at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Zubair Khan/AP hide caption
Tuesday
A fisherman (right) smiles on a boat as he ferries passengers to a partially submerged village in southern Pakistan. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Friday
Friends Nasir Dhillon (left) and Papinder Singh run a YouTube channel, Punjabi Lehar, that tries to heal the wounds of Partition through reuniting loved ones separated when British-ruled India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, 75 years ago. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border
Tuesday
Wajahat Malik, right, and a Pakistan Navy seaman navigate the Indus River. Malik organized a 40-day expedition down the 2,000-mile river to document "the peoples, the cultures, the biodiversity and just whatever comes our way," he says — including the impact of climate change and pollution. Diaa Hadid/For NPR hide caption
Floating in a rubber dinghy, a filmmaker documents the Indus River's water woes
Friday
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan president at the Presidential Palace in Kabul in 2020. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Pakistani paramilitary troops stand guard with riot gears outside the National Assembly, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Anjum Naveed/AP hide caption
Saturday
Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, arrives for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, last month. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Young women wait to get vaccinated by Namra, a 21-year-old health worker who's part of a national door-to-door vaccination effort in the informal Hindubasti settlement in Karachi. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Thursday
Wall Street Journal newspaper reporter Daniel Pearl was killed by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. A video of his interrogation and death was sent to the U.S. Consulate in Karachi and posted on the Internet. Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was killed by militants in Pakistan in 2002. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Laiba Atik, 17-year-old, city administrator Mardan at National Association for Sustainable Development of Pakistan and an activist for climate change along with her sister Maira Atiq check on the trees they had planted earlier in the season in the nearby park where they live on August 31, 2020 in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Saiyna Bashir for NPR hide caption
With Glaciers Melting And Temps Soaring, Pakistan Pursues Big Action On Climate Change
Tuesday
Idris Khattak disappeared in November. He is pictured with daughters Talia Khan and Shumaisa (in the background), on July 29, 2015, in Islamabad. Mahnoor Khan hide caption
Friday
A policeman guards a street sealed by the authorities at a residential area in Lahore on June 17 as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Dozens of worshippers pray outside the Haidari Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Friday
Dozens of worshippers outside the Haidari Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
A municipal worker in Karachi hands out bags of food — part of government efforts to help those who've lost their livelihood during Pakistan's lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Social distancing is a challenge in tightly packed slum neighborhoods, like this one in Karachi, Pakistan. Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
A man donates food to an elderly woman during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus in Islamabad on Sunday. Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images hide caption