Picturing Pakistan's Floods: A Photographer Looks Back : The Picture ShowFor six weeks photographer Daniel Berehulak relentlessly covered the 2010 floods in Pakistan, revealing the immense suffering endured by millions of Pakistanis.
A Pakistani man and boy, displaced by floods, walk through flood waters on Aug. 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan.
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A Pakistani man and boy, displaced by floods, walk through flood waters on Aug. 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan.
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Haiti, Chile, Eyjafjallajokull — 2010 was a year when catastrophic natural disasters felt in abundance and seemed to span the entire calendar year. With the media focused on the dire conditions these disasters caused, the devastating floods that swept across Pakistan, from July through mid-September, seemed to have garnered far less attention.
Flood victims scramble for food rations as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan Army helicopter during relief operations on September 13, 2010 in the village of Goza in Dadu district in Sindh province, Pakistan.
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Land washed away by flooding is seen from a Pakistan Army helicopter during relief operations on September 13, 2010 in the village of Goza in Dadu district in Sindh province, Pakistan.
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A Pakistani man surveys damage to his flood affected home on August 2, 2010 in Nowshera, Pakistan.
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Flood victims scramble to recover water bottles dropped from a Pakistan Air force helicopter on August 2, 2010 in Nowshera, Pakistan.
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Flood victims scramble for food rations, dropped by Pakistan Army soldiers, as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan Army helicopter during relief operations on September 13, 2010 on the Suprio Bund near the village of Goza in Dadu district in Sindh province, Pakistan.
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Young girls, whose families were displaced by floods, sit on a makeshift bed, as they take shelter on higher ground of a bund on August 29, 2010 in Thatta, near Hyderabad in Sindh province, Pakistan.
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Villagers displaced from their homes by flooding travel through flood waters on the back of a tractor on August 11, 2010 on the outskirts of Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan.
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A boy walks through a flooded yard carrying water prior to Maghrib prayer and Iftar or breaking fast as it is called during the month of Ramadan on August 21, 2010 in the village of Vasandawali south of Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan.
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Villagers, displaced from their homes by flooding, hold empty containers as they queue for soup and relief rations on August 25, 2010 in the Sultan Colony Army flood relief camp near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan.
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A young Pakistani girl, displaced by floods, and stranded on land only accessible by air, sleeps covered in flies, on a makeshift bed on August 27, 2010 in Garhi Khairo near Jacobabad in Sindh province, Pakistan.
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Pakistani villagers perform the Maghrib prayer, as they seek refuge on top of the roof of a Madrasa surrounded by flood waters, after Iftar or breaking fast in the month of Ramadan, on August 21, 2010 in the village of Vasandawali south of Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan.
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A Pakistani man and boy, displaced by floods, walk through flood waters on August 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan.
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Berehulak's images help translate these unthinkable numbers into something more comprehensible. His photo story was recently awarded first prize in the World Press Photo Contest, in the "People In The News" category. The India-based Australian photographer writes in an email:
"Covering the exodus of millions of people displaced, having been left homeless, hungry, stranded, desperate, lining roads begging for food, was an extremely emotionally taxing experience ... the fear and helplessness in their faces epitomized the tragedy of the floods."
Berehulak covered the floods for six weeks, chasing the rising waters from Khyber Paktunkhwa in the north to Sindh province in the south, often traveling by boat or helicopter, as mobility was limited. The World Press Photo winners were announced last week.
