Though the carnage of Hurricane Harvey is currently dominating mainstream media, Texas isn't the only part of the world being ravaged by flooding. International news coverage has largely ignored the torrential rainfall that has been devastating South Asia for almost the entire month of August, and it's time for us all to start talking about it.
Across India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, record amounts of heavy monsoon rains have caused disastrous flooding and landslides. Thousands of homes have become completely submerged, poor villages have absolutely no access to food and medicine, and nearly 1200 people have died - including children. Millions have been displaced, and are now wandering the region homeless and searching for help.
In case your local news station hasn't been reporting on it, here are 30+ photos from the scene that you won't soon forget. The GlobalGiving Foundation is working with a number of charities and aid organisations to provide relief to the many groups affected by these events, and you can learn more about it here.
#41 Bangladeshi Commuters Use A Rickshaw To Cross A Flooded Street In Dhaka

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#43 Villagers Offer Prayers For The Floodwaters To Recede, In Chandrapur Village, East Of Gauhati, Assam

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#44 A Man Casts His Fishing Net In The Flood Waters Next To His Partially Submerged Hut In The Northeastern Indian State Of Assam

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#46 Indian Villagers Queue For Food At The Flood-Hit Dagrua Village In Bihar State

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#48 People Are Rescued From A Flooded Village In Motihari, Bihar State, India

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#49 Indian Residents Walk Through Flood Waters In Malda In The Indian State Of West Bengal

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#50 Flood Affected Families Take Shelter In Front Of A Shop And Wait For Relief Material In Jakhalabandha Area In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India

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#51 Villagers Take Shelter In A Partially Submerged House Following Floods At Baghmari Village In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India

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#52 A Man Rests In His House Damaged By Flooding Some 250 Kilometers From Nepal's Capital Kathmandu

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#53 Bangladesh Has Experienced Heavy Monsoon Rains This Year, Flooding More Than A Third Of The Low-lying Areas And Killing At Least 134 People

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#54 Rohingya People Run To Enter Into Bangladesh From A Makeshift Shelter Near The Bangladesh-myanmar Border, After A Gunshot Was Heard On The Myanmar Side

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#56 People Wait To Be Rescued From A Flooded Village In The Eastern State Of Bihar, India

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#57 Houses Are Partially Submerged By Floods In Morigaon District In Assam

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#58 Indian Flood Effected Villagers Collect Drinking Water And Relief Food At Alal Village In Malda District In The Indian State Of West Bengal

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#59 Kashmiri Muslim Man Carry Edible Stuff To His Family In Flooded Area In Srinagar Indian Controlled Kashmir

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