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Pakistan’s date workers toil through rising heat

  • Date season arrives in July, when temperatures in Sindh regularly hit the mid-40 degrees Celsius
  • Workers start before sunrise, split the day into short shifts, but the heat soon catches up with them
By AFP ·

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