Buffaloes are pictured in a canal on a hot summer day in Larkana, Sindh province on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Ahmed Raza Soomro/AFP Photo)





A general view of a damaged structure of an Islamic seminary after Indian strikes in Ahmedpur Sharqia, about 7 kilometers from Bahawalpur in Pakistan's Punjab province, on May 7, 2025. India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on May 7, after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch-rival in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades. (Photo by Shahid Saeed Mirza/AFP Photo)





Tanks are transported on a road in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Students participate in a candle light vigil for children, who were killed in the Indian missile strikes, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)





Students use chairs to cover their heads inside a classroom at a school during a mock drill for handling war situations, in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Imran Ali/Reuters)





People celebrate after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Yasir Rajput/Reuters)





A resident rides a car with a goat as she returned to her hometown after Pakistan-India ceasefire at the frontier village of Chakothi near the Line of Control (LoC), in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 11, 2025. A ceasefire appeared to hold on May 11, between India and Pakistan, hours after the nuclear-armed rivals accused each other of violating a truce that brought them back from the brink of all-out war. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum/AFP Photo)





People hold national flags as they take part in a demonstration in front of the paramilitary FC headquarters to show their support for the Pakistan Army, a day after the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan was announced, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 11 May 2025. Pakistan and India have confirmed an immediate ceasefire, following days of military escalation between the two countries. The ceasefire, announced by US President Donald Trump and confirmed by both countries' officials, aims to halt military operations and focus on diplomatic solutions. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA/EFE)





Students shout slogans as they express solidarity with Pakistan's armed forces during a school assembly in Lahore on May 12, 2025, after schools reopened following a ceasefire between Pakistan and India. Indian and Pakistani military chiefs were set to confer on May 12 as a ceasefire that brought the nuclear-armed rivals back from the brink of all-out war held. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Members of a team shout and push a pair of bull start running during a traditional bull race competition, in Malal, a village of Attock district, in Pakistan, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)





Pakistani Rangers perform during a ceremony to mark Youm-e-Tashakur (Thanksgiving Day) at the mausoleum of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the National Poet of Pakistan in Lahore on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Shahzad transports bricks following their baking in a kiln during a heatwave in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)





Livestock vendors displays their bulls to customers at a cattle market in Hyderabad, in Pakistan's Sindh province on May 20, 2025, ahead of the upcoming Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. (Photo by Husnain Ali/AFP Photo)





A cat sits outside a residence, observing other felines in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)





Students walk through an alley in the Shan Chan Chiragh neighborhood on their way to school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)





Molten steel rods at a Pak Iron re-rolling mill in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Pakistan's government lowered its economic growth projection for the fiscal year as global trade disruptions and tighter spending conditions by the International Monetary Fund weighed on the South Asian nation's economy. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg)





A homeless man, who workers in the vicinity said was suffering from a drug addiction, lies unconscious in Raja Bazar, Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)





Gul Khattab, 35, awakens during a heatwave which forced residents to seek shelter outdoors in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)





People cool off in the Arabian Sea during a heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, 22 May 2025. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecasted a severe heatwave from 19 May, with temperatures in Sindh reaching 46–48°C and other regions seeing 4–8°C above-normal heat. Warm nights, dust storms, and windstorms are expected. Authorities urge precautions as climate change drives early, intense summer conditions. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





People cool off in the Arabian Sea during a heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, 24 May 2025. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)