Calm after the storm: A stray dog sleeping on the stairs of the flooded Dandi Ghat after heavy monsoon rains induced a rise in the water level of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India. (Below) Eight-year-old Madiha and seven-year-old Amina standing with a thick layer of mud and fallen trees visible in the background, following a storm that brought heavy rains and flooding to Buner District, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. — AFP/Reuters
A deadly monsoon season has claimed at least 1,860 lives in India and Pakistan, with flash floods, landslides and inundated cities exposing the region’s growing vulnerability to climate-related disasters.
As the monsoon continues, heavy rains have left scenes of devastation across the subcontinent.
