A helicopter saved a boy stranded in the middle of rushing water during devastating floods in Pakistan as desperate rescue efforts continued.
Surrounded by a heavily-flooded stream, the boy was saved from a small cluster of rocks by a military chopper hovering perilously close to the water.
The boy managed to reach up and grab the underside of the helicopter before someone on board helps him to climb inside.
Footage of the incident, reportedly filmed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the north-west of the country, showed one of thousands of rescues that have been carried out with the flooding having now affected 33 million people in Pakistan.
Soldiers are currently working to save villagers from the flash flooding and heavy rain which has left millions of people stranded or needing relief camps.
Over 1,000 lives have been lost with horrifying video earlier in the week capturing the moment an entire hotel was swept away.
The Honeymoon Hotel in Kalam, Swat Valley was destroyed and washed away by the floods when the Swat river burst its banks.
A video captured its final moments, with the river can be seen flowing near the base of the hotel before it begins to crumble.
With distressed onlookers watching, the hotel - thankfully empty at the time - was swept away into the water and vanished from view.
An eyewitness said: "We were watching from our holiday home on the other side of the valley when the hotel was decimated.
"The hotel is one of the most popular and expensive in the region, so seeing it destroyed was a surreal moment."
Kamran Bangash, a spokesman for the government, said 180,000 people have been evacuated from Charsadda and 150,000 from Nowshehra district villages.
The deadly weather has been labelled a “serious climate catastrophe” by the country’s climate minister as the death toll continues to rise.
The country has increasingly struggled with floods as climate change melts the nation's glaciers - Pakistan is home to the highest number of glaciers outside the polar region.
This causes a huge "glacial lake outburst", which combined with heavy monsoon rains have proven so deadly.
"I haven't seen destruction of this scale, I find it very difficult to put into words ... it is overwhelming,' said Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
Floods have damaged 170,000 homes, washed away roads and destroyed nearly 150 bridges, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
The army has been called in to save villages from the flash flooding and heavy rain which has left millions stranded or needing aid.
The Pakistani government declared a state of emergency and the prime minister has asked for international aid in battling the flood.
The United Nations said on Thursday it has allocated £2.5million for UN aid agencies and their partners in Pakistan to respond to the floods.
The UN said: "This will be used for health, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable."
