In pictures: Heatwave scorches Pakistan

Men ride on a motorbike as they cover their heads with a wet cloth to cool off and to avoid sunlight, during a hot summer day, as the heatwave continues in Jacobabad. Temperatures rose above 52 °C in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, the highest reading of the summer and close to the country's record high amid an ongoing heatwave, the met office said.

A woman, leaning out of a train window, receives water on her head to cool off during a hot and humid day at the Hyderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad, Pakistan.

A man cools off with a water hose during a hot summer day in Hyderabad, Pakistan.

People drink plum and tamarind drink to cool off during a hot summer day as the heatwave continues, in Jacobabad.

A man transports ice blocks in a trolly to supply nearby cafes during a hot summer day along a market in Jacobaba.

A boy cools off under a water pipe from a canal during a hot summer day on the outskirts of Peshawar.

A man takes a nap while selling secondhand garments during a hot summer day, as the heatwave continues in Jacobabad.

Women cover their faces with scarfs to avoid sunlight as they herd family cattle during a hot summer day, as the heatwave continues in Mohenjo Daro.

A laborer covers his head with an empty sack to avoid sunlight while working at a brick kiln factory as the heatwave continues in Jacobabad.

A girl uses a handpump as a boy cools off from the water drawn from it during a hot summer day as a heatwave continues, in Jacobabad.