Shame, misery as Pakistan floods leave many without toilets
FAZILPUR: The stench of decay hangs over a makeshift camp in Pakistan's south, where hundreds of locals have sought shelter from the devastating monsoon floods that have put nearly a third of the country under water. In Punjab province, dozens of tents are perched in the area around a small rural railway station — the only dry land on a horizon of water, reached only by a sliver of road. The odour is a heady mix of rotting vegetation from drowned crops, leftover food scraps and garbage — as well as the accumulated excrement of the hundreds of people and livestock gathered there. In this picture taken on September 3, 2022, Zebunnisa Bibi, a flood-affected woman speaks during an interview with AFP to explain her toilet issues at a makeshift camp in Fazilpur, Rajanpur district of Punjab province. — AFP "There is no place for showering or going to the bathroom," said Zebunnisa Bibi, forced to flee with her family two weeks ago when floodwater inundated her village