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Residents of Lyari hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest against street battles between two rival gangs in Karachi
Residents of Lyari hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest against street battles between two rival gangs a day earlier, in Karachi March 13, 2014. Rival gangs opened fire and lobbed grenades in a notoriously violent district of Pakistan's financial hub, Karachi, on Wednesday, killing 14 people, including eight women and three children, police said. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Residents of Lyari hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest against against street battles between two rival gangs in Karachi
Residents of Lyari hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest against against street battles between two rival gangs in a day earlier, in Karachi March 13, 2014. Rival gangs opened fire and lobbed grenades in a notoriously violent district of Pakistan's financial hub, Karachi, on Wednesday, killing 14 people, including eight women and three children, police said. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Residents of Lyari hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest against against street battles between two rival gangs in Karachi
Residents of Lyari hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest against against street battles between two rival gangs a day earlier, in Karachi March 13, 2014. Rival gangs opened fire and lobbed grenades in a notoriously violent district of Pakistan's financial hub, Karachi, on Wednesday, killing 14 people, including eight women and three children, police said. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
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A boy guides his herd of cows while heading to his village on the outskirts of Mithi
A boy (L) guides his herd of cows while heading to his village on the outskirts of Mithi, in the Sindh province March 12, 2014. Dozens of children have died of malnutrition and other causes in Pakistan's southern region this year, prompting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to travel to the drought-stricken area to allocate $10 million in emergency aid. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said 18 children under the age of five had died in January and another 23 in February. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: HEALTH ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY POVERTY)
A medical technician wears gloves before attending to a patient at the district hospital in Diplo
A medical technician (L) wears gloves before attending to a patient, at the district hospital in Diplo, in the Sindh province March 12, 2014. Dozens of children have died of malnutrition and other causes in Pakistan's southern region this year, prompting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to travel to the drought-stricken area to allocate $10 million in emergency aid. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said 18 children under the age of five had died in January and another 23 in February. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: HEALTH ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY POVERTY)
Razi Khan, 65, displaced from the drought-stricken area and suffering chest infection, receives a head massage from his granddaughter, while waiting for a medical check-up, at the Civil Hospital in Mithi
Razi Khan 65, displaced from the drought-stricken area and suffering chest infection, receives a head massage from his granddaughter, while waiting for a medical check-up, at the Civil Hospital in Mithi, in the Sindh province March 12, 2014. Dozens of children have died of malnutrition and other causes in Pakistan's southern region this year, prompting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to travel to the drought-stricken area to allocate $10 million in emergency aid. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said 18 children under the age of five had died in January and another 23 in February. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: HEALTH ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY POVERTY)