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Subscribe to RSS Something as flimsy as an insect net can sometimes make all the difference. For information on philanthropies helping in flood relief efforts, visit our "How to Help" page.
Meanwhile, the AP reports today that some aid agencies are distributing cash instead of relief supplies, finding it more efficient.
Mohammad Sajjad / AP
A Pakistani flood survivor sleeps in a net with his son to avoid flies at a roadside in Nowshera near Pesharwar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained.
Mohammad Sajjad / AP
Same location, same day, same photographer: no net.