As the new year begins, here’s a look at daily life in Pakistan: On theoccasion of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, Muslims participate in a religious procession; an Afghan refugee walks to work as a porter at a wholesale vegetable market on the outskirts of Islamabad; Afghanrefugee boys play with balloons near their mud homes on the outskirtsof Islamabad; a bride and groom sit together during a mass Hindumarriage ceremony in Karachi; Soniya, 6, whose family moved toIslamabad from Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to look forwork, stands outside their house on the outskirts of Islamabad. (AP/Reuters)(Photos from top by REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro, AP Photo/MuhammedMuheisen, (2), REUTERS/Athar Hussain, REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)

A look at life in Pakistan

Aaron Huey

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Aaron Huey