Pakistan reels from floods

The rains have bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides [AFP]

More than 1 million people have been displaced by the floods due to wide-destruction [AFP]

A rescue operation has been launched to save thousands of stranded people, but efforts were hampered by further inclement weather [AFP]

It is the worst flooding in the region since 1929.

The rising toll of the monsoon rains underscore the poor infrastructure in impoverished Pakistan [AFP]

Stranded residents had to come up with innovative methods like using a rope to move around [AFP]

Many people volunteered to rescue those most vulnerable in the deluge [AFP]