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In Pictures: Pakistan

Fresh flood warnings have been issued and aid efforts are failing to flow.
4.00pm, 11 Aug 2010
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    Pakistani troops evacuate stranded villagers in Pannu Aqil near Sukkar. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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    A villager is rescued by a Pakistan's Navy helicopter from flooded area of Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

  • Pakistan Asia Floods

    Houses are half submerged in heavy floodwater in Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

  • Pakistan Floods

    Pakistani villagers chase relief supplies dropped from a Pakistani navy helicopter at a flooded area of Ghaus Pur near Sukkur. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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    Pakistani volunteers carry a sack of flour provided by the U. S. government in Kalam in Pakistan's Swat valley. (AP Photo/B.k.Bangash)

  • Pakistan Asia Floods

    A stranded flood affected mother escorts her children to a U.S. helicopter in Kalam. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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    People carry relief supplies and wade through floodwater in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

  • Pakistan Asia Floods

    A tri-wheeler drives through flooded road in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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    Pakistani flood survivors cross a temporary bridge on a canal which overflow in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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    A young Pakistani flood survivor stands outside her makeshift tent, in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
  • Pakistani troops evacuate stranded villagers in Pannu Aqil near Sukkar. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
  • A villager is rescued by a Pakistan's Navy helicopter from flooded area of Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
  • Houses are half submerged in heavy floodwater in Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
  • Pakistani villagers chase relief supplies dropped from a Pakistani navy helicopter at a flooded area of Ghaus Pur near Sukkur. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
  • Pakistani volunteers carry a sack of flour provided by the U. S. government in Kalam in Pakistan's Swat valley. (AP Photo/B.k.Bangash)
  • A stranded flood affected mother escorts her children to a U.S. helicopter in Kalam. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
  • People carry relief supplies and wade through floodwater in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
  • A tri-wheeler drives through flooded road in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
  • Pakistani flood survivors cross a temporary bridge on a canal which overflow in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
  • A young Pakistani flood survivor stands outside her makeshift tent, in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

The Guardian is reporting that aid is failing to flow to Pakistan.

The US has announced more than $20m in aid for Pakistan, while Ireland has announced half a million in aid.

Fresh flood warnings have also been issued according to The Times of India.

There are warnings of pirate bandits.

The BBC has a diary of the floods in Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

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