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![[Pakistan] Balakot, Pakistan, A father holds his injured child as he surveys the damage to the devastated city of Balakot. [Date picture taken: 10/17/2005]](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200510189.jpg.webp?itok=cW2dWZMk "The scale of the disaster was massive covering over 30,000 square kilometres in the most rugged mountainous terrain - the Himalayas. Despite warnings in recent years of potential seismic activity, Pakistan was ill prepared for a disaster of this magnitude")
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