Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2010 from a helicopter shows the flood gradually recedes at Swat valley in Pakistan, Aug. 10, 2010. At least 1,270 people were killed and 3.6 million people were affected in the floods that hit Pakistan over the last couple of weeks, according to Pakistani government's report on Wednesday. Under the assistance of the United Nations, Pakistani government has carried out rescue works in the flood-stricken southwestern Pakistan. [Yan Zhonghua/Xinhua]