Deadly Pakistan heat wave

By some estimates the most recent heat wave death toll in Pakistan has surpassed 1,000.

Most of the deaths were reported in the province's largest city, Karachi with temperatures reaching 113 degrees Fahrenheit.

Here, Pakistanis receive ice outside a hospital in Karachi on June 24, 2015.

Tending the elderly

Most of the dead are the elderly, said Seemi Jamali, a spokeswoman for Karachi's Jinnah Hospital. Thousands more are being treated for heat-related ailments, including fever and dehydration and stomach-related illnesses.

In this image, a Pakistani resident helps a heatstroke victim at a market area in Karachi on June 23, 2015.

Power outages

Hours-long power outages, typical in Pakistan, also struck the city, leaving fans and air conditioners inoperable as the majority of people in this Muslim country abstain from food or water in daylight hours during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

A woman fans her son, while waiting for their turn for a medical checkup, outside Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center in Karachi, Pakistan, June 23, 2015.

Cooling off

A man cools off from a public tap during the heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan, June 23, 2015.

Fanning father

A man uses a hand-held fan to cool down his son, while waiting for their turn for a medical checkup, outside Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in Karachi, Pakistan, June 23, 2015.

Water distribution

Power outages affected the sporadic water supply in the city, where those who can afford it rely on tankers of water being delivered to their homes.

Here, people receive drinking water from a volunteer at a stall, set up outside Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in Karachi, Pakistan, June 23, 2015.

Cool dip

Karachi's residents tried to find running water to cool off at public taps or broken pipes. Some bathed with their clothes on, while others washed their hands, faces and heads.

Here, a Pakistani youth cools off at a beach on the Arabian Sea in Karachi on June 23, 2015.

Bottled water

A man cools off under a public tap, while others wait to fill their bottles, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 23, 2015.

Shady sleep

Men sleep in shade under a bridge during the heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan, June 22, 2015.

River rinse

Pakistani youths cool themselves off at a river during the heat wave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015.

Mosque repose

Pakistani Muslims rest at a mosque during the heatwave in Karachi on June 22, 2015.

Overflowing morgue

With the death toll climbing above 600, mortuaries in Karachi were running out of space.

A relative waits while volunteers search for a body, among those who died during the heat wave, at Edhi Foundation morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, June 22, 2015.

Coffin builder

A volunteer prepares the coffin for a victim of the heat wave, before handing the body over to relatives, at Edhi Foundation morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, June 22, 2015.

Family vigil

Relatives sit beside the body of a family member, who died during the heat wave, while waiting for an ambulance, at Edhi Foundation morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, June 22, 2015.