the first image  doesn’t even look real! It looks like something out of  an illustrated book...


An unexpected side-effect of the  flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of  spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising  flood waters.

Because of the scale of the  flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long  to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders  webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this  phenonemon before – but they also report that there are  now less mosquitos than they would expect, given the  amoungt of stagnant, standing water that is around. It  is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the  spiders web thus reducing the risk of malaria, which  would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so  many other hardships after the floods. UK aid – in  response to the Pakistan floods – is helping millions of survivors  return home and rebuild their  lives.