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Abandoned houses in one of the villages in the Indus delta [Israr Ahmed Khan/AFP]
Haji Karam Jat, a fisherman, uses bamboo sticks to build his new house in Keti Bandar town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
A boy walks past an abandoned house in one of the villages of Kharo Chan town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
Haji Karam Jat (R) and his family members walk along an embankment in Keti Bandar town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
A fisherman rides a makeshift raft as he returns after collecting mangrove wood near the Arabian Sea in the coastal region of Karachi. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
More than 1.2 million people have been displaced from the overall Indus delta region in the last two decades, according to a study published in March by the Jinnah Institute. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
Local residents walk to the boats that bring drinkable water to one of the island villages of Kharo Chan town. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
Fatima Majeed (R), a climate activist, speaks with fishermen in the town of Ibrahim Hyderi. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
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