Pakistan Still Rebuilding After Last Years Floods (Photos)

A woman sits with her daughter as they settle in for the evening on the site of their half-built home, destroyed by last year's floods on July 29, 2011, in the village of Basti Jagwala Shoki. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) A year after some of the worst flooding in the countrys history, Pakistan is still trying to pick up the pieces.

Last August, more than a fifth of the country was submerged underwater after exceptionally strong monsoon rains.

Figures estimate that more than 4 million Pakistanis were displaced and 1.7 million homes destroyed. As of now, more than 800,000 families are still living in shelters and many are without jobs.

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And while residents and aid organizations are trying to rebuild, this years flooding has already began in some places.
A couple sit in their home destroyed by last year's flood. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
Pakistani flood-affected families set a tent at Nasata camp in the town of Charsadda in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on July 27, 2011. (A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
A family takes refuge in a relative's home due to last year's floods. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
A Pakistani woman receives donated bread ! at a mar ket ahead of the upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore on July 29, 2011. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani flood survivors stand in their damaged home perched alongside the River Swat in Madyan on July 20, 2011. (A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
A Pakistani man carries construction materials across the River Swat by bridge at the hill station of Madyan. (A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani children who were affected by last year's devastating floods gather around an ice cream vendor outside their tents in the city of Sukkur on July 13, 2011. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images)
A Pakistani family, who recently returned home after months in relief camps since the July 2010 floods, are seen at their home in Dhanno Patel village of Hyderabad on July 15, 2011. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images)


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