A child water seller in Jacobabad, Pakistan drinks directly from one of the pipes attached to the water station before filling his 5-gallon canisters he will sell for 10 cents each. He pays the water station owner $1 to fill unlimited water all day.
Iftikhar Ahmed, the city's leading weather observer, poses next to an old barometer in his simple office. Most of his equipment is in an enclosed outdoor space at a college campus across the street. He walks over and takes note of the city's temperatures multiples times a day.
Jacobabad’s Victoria Tower stands tall as a witness to the city's colonial past. It was designed by Brigadier-General John Jacob's cousin to pay tribute to Queen Victoria, soon after Jacob transformed the village Khangarh into a city administered by the British crown in 1847.
Khair Bibi, a rice farmer in Jacobabad, is unable to nurse her child. Her family saves up whatever they can to buy formula milk for her malnourished 6-month old.
Children of rice farmers play by ponds made for their cattle. The only get to play till 10 am, then their families call them in, because of the heat.
Nawab Khan, a solar panel seller in Jacobabad, surrounded by batteries made in China. His family doesn’t live in Jacobabad, he and his five brothers rotate two-month shifts running the shop, so no one has to spend too much time in the city’s heat.
The heatwave centre VICE World News visited was in a public hospital's ER unit. It had air-conditioning, and a dedicated doctor and nurse team, but only four beds.
On the way back from a water break, Ghulam Sarwar, an indoor rice factory worker, helps place a 60 kilogram rice bag on an outdoor worker's back. He considers himself lucky because he works in the shade.
Jacobabad's public schools and low cost of living attracts migrants from surrounding areas. Prices of fresh juice in the city's market are a third of what you’d see in Pakistan’s bigger cities.