Pakistan's monsoon season is a deadly endurance test for the country. Floods have claimed the lives of at least 500 people in the country since late June as usually heavy rain batters the country; almost half were children. Most people drowned or died as their homes collapsed around them, according to the country's National Disaster Management Authority. Those who survive now face the threat of deadly water-borne diseases. Pakistan, home to around 250 million people, is one of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, despite being responsible for only 0.5% of global planet-heating pollution. It faces the double punch of searing heat waves and heavy monsoon rains — this year, both have been relentless. Tap the link in bio for more. 📸 : 1. Mourners carry the bodies of flood victims in a village north of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on August 15. Sajjad Qayyum/AFP/Getty Images 2. A bus carries people through floodwaters in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on July 14. Jan Ali Laghari/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images 3. Villagers sift through debris from homes damaged in a flash flood in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on August 15. M.D. Mughal/AP 4. Local residents look at a damaged portion of Karakoram Highway following a flash flood triggered by a glacial lake outburst near Gilgit, Pakistan, on August 10. AP 5. A resident collects his belongings from a flooded home in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on July 15. Husnain Ali/AFP/Getty Images 6. A man pushes a cart through the flooded streets of Hyderabad, Pakistan, on July 14. Jan Ali Laghari/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images 7. Residents gather outside their flooded homes in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on July 15. Husnain Ali/AFP/Getty Images 8. A man stands among debris from a flash flood in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, on July 16. Hussain Ali/Anadolu/Getty Images 9. Motorists ride through a flooded road in Lahore, Pakistan, on August 3. K.M. Chaudary/AP 10. People look down at flooded streets in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on July 17. Muhammad Reza/Anadolu/Getty Images