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First Place
Adrees Latif
Reuters

Second Place
Kuni Takahashi
Freelance

Third Place
Carsten Snejbjerg
Freelance

First Place
Adrees Latif
Reuters

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"Pakistan Floods"

The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 following heavy monsoon rains. At one point one-fifth of Pakistan’s total land area underwater and the floods effected the lives of 20 million people, exceeding the combined total of individuals affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The floods left nearly 2000 dead and caused heavy destruction to property and infrastructure.

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Marooned flood victims reach for food supplies thrown down from an Army helicopter in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan's Punjab province August 7, 2010.

 
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