Five Day Old Akash Before His Funeral In Pakistan's Muzaffargarh District Of Punjab Province
Date: 07-Sep-10
Country: PAKISTAN
Author: Damir Sagolj
Mother Mussarai Bibi (L) and other relatives who are flood victims grieve over the body of five day old Akash before his funeral in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province September 6, 2010.
The baby died five days after he was born in a flooded village due to lack of medical support, family members said.
Some 20 millions of Pakistani people are affected by floods that has destroyed cropland and livestock , causing damage the government has estimated at $43 billion, or almost one quarter of the South Asian nation's 2009 GDP.
