Portraits from PAKISTAN (part 1)

2. A Pakistani man uses a snake as he performs to make money on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, . (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ©Muhammed Muheisen

3. A young Pakistani shepherd leads a flock on the road on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

4. Anjum Naveed, AP

5. Pakistani truck driver Ghulam Huseein displays his moustache at his makeshift tent in a slum in Kot Addu village, Punjab Province, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

6. Ustad Shajid, 42, paints a supply truck at a workshop in Rawalpindi on Dec. 3. Decorating trucks is a long tradition in Pakistan as drivers have used everything from wood, metal, jangling chains, shiny objects and 3D creations on their vehicles as a reminder of their home while they travel long distances across Pakistani highways. - Mian Khursheed / Reuters

7. Pakistani men await customers outside their show prior to a performance of the Jan Baz CIRCUS . (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

8. Muhammed Muheisen / AP A young Pakistani boy rides a donkey cart loaded with tree branches along a road on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

9. Mohsin Raza / Reuters A rickshaw passes a homeless man sleeping on a street median in Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 19.

10. Mohsin Raza / Reuters A Shiite Muslim boy walks on burning coal during commemorations of the Ashoura festival in Lahore, Dec. 15, 2010. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in 680 A.D. during the battle of Kerbala.

11. Mohsin Raza / Reuters An elderly man takes cover from cold weather while begging in front of Lohari Gate in Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 12.

12. Muhammed Muheisen / AP - A young Pakistani girl looks on while walking out of a mosque after attending an Islamic religious class at a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, on Dec. 6, 2010.

13. Arif Ali / AFP - Getty Images Pakistani camel salesmen drink tea at a sacrificial livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Lahore on November 15, 2010. Eid al-Adha, which commemorates biblical patriarch Ibrahim's (or Abraham's) acceptance of God's command to sacrifice his son Ismail (or Ishmael), falls on the 10th of Dhul al-Hijja on the Islamic calendar. As Ibrahim was allowed to sacrifice a ram instead, Muslim families mark the day by ritually sacrificinga sheep, goats, cows and other livestock, the meat of which is also shared with the needy.

14. T. MUGHAL / EPA - A man and his son perform with a bear for money in a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Nov. 5 2010. The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Moon bear or White-chested bear, is a medium-sized species of bear, largely adapted for arboreal life, which occurs through much of southern Asia, Korea, northeastern China, the Russian far east and limited parts of Japan. It is classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a vulnerable species, mostly due to deforestation and active hunting for its body parts.

15. Pakistani farmers pack oranges at a shop in Barkot, a village of Swat valley on Dec. 23. Pakistan launched a major offensive in Swat last year to clear the valley of Taliban and restore government control. - Farooq Naeem / AFP - Getty Images

16. An Afghan refugee girl looks on while playing with a toy in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad on Dec. 19. – Muhammed Muheisen / AP

17. Pakistani street barber Rahmat Mseeh, 70, shaves Nuwab Dundah, 80, at an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan,. AP / Muhammed Muheisen

18. Afghan refugee children gather in a poor neighborhood of Rawalpindi, Pakistan,. AP / Muhammed Muheisen

19. An Afghan refugee girl, left, looks on while standing with her sister, outside their house, in a poor neighborhood of Rawalpindi, Pakistan,. AP / Muhammed Muheisen

20. A Pakistani boyreacts after he caught a fish while fishing with other boys in a flooded field next to their camp in Muzaffargarh in Punjab province on Nov. 1. - Muhammed Muheisen / AP

21. Afghan refugee Aisha Daoud, 4, holds a copy of the Quran while taking part in a class to learn how to read verses of the Quran at a mosque in a poor neighborhood of Rawalpindi - Muhammed Muheisen / Ap

22. Pakistani wrestlers or "Pahalwans", are pictured in action during a training session at a wrestling pit in Lahore, Pakistan on October 9, 2010. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. In ancient times it was used for combat and self-defense. Pakistani wrestlers Azhar Hussain and Muhammad Inam have won gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth games in Delhi, India in the 55kg and 84kg freestyle disciplines. The last time Pakistan won a wrestling gold at the Commonwealth games was in 1970 at Edinburugh, Scotland. - Carl De Souza/AFP - Getty Images

23. Two Pakistanis run while playing cricket in a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, AP / Muhammed Muheisen

24. A Pakistani devotee smokes hashish during the annual festival of the 14th century Sufi saint Mian Mir in Lahore, Pakistan, AP / K.M.Chaudary

25. Pakistani vendors unload oranges at a vegetable and fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan, / K.M.Chaudary

26. Pakistani Mamouna Qamar, 4, holds her brothers' hands, Shazaib, 6, and Zaman, 7, as they wait for their parents to cross a street in a neighborhood in Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

27. A Pakistani girl held by her mother follow a man down an alley of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, the nation’s capital. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

28. Pakistani children gather by a vendor on a bicycle selling balloons on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

29. A Pakistani boy eats fresh corn and holds a balloon while standing in an alley of a poor neighborhood near Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

30. Pakistani children play in a wooden cart in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

31. An Afghan refugee adjusts her head scarf as she stands with other girls in an alley of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

32. A Pakistani school girl writes on a blackboard during an English class in an outdoor school in a slum near Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

33. A pair of performers -- a trained monkey and his owner -- await customers on a roadside in Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

34. An Afghan refugee girl walks through an alley of a slum heading back home on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

35. Pakistani girl Aysha Gulfeyaz, 3, drinks water from a hand pump near Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

36. A Pakistani girl laughs with another while carrying wood in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

37. Two Afghan refugee sisters and a Pakistani girl attend a daily class to learn how to read verses of the Koran, at a mosque in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

38. Pakistani boys attend a Koran class in a mosque near Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

39. Afghan refugee girls sit behind a wooden cart in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

40. A Pakistani boy enjoys an amusement ride on a wheel near Islamabad. The cart reads in Urdu, "Happy Eid, from London to America". Eid is a festival that marks the end of the Ramadan holiday month. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

41. Pakistani girls arrange bricks while working in a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

42. Boys gather by a vendor selling tropical fish on his bicycle on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

43. Mohammed Ali, 5, stands next to his mother while they queue with other women and children for rations of rice during a donated food distribution, at the Beri Iman, a shrine of the famous Sufi Saint Beri Imam, in Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

44. A laborer transports the front portion of a van through his handcart on a road in Rawalpindi, a city near Islamabad. (Anjum Naveed/Associated Press)

45. An Afghan refugee girl stands with others in an alley of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

46. Pakistani children walk on a hill on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

47. A street barber (right) gives a haircut to a customer, reflected in a mirror, in Gujranwala, near Lahore, the nation’s second-largest city and a center of culture. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

48. Pakistani children cross over a stream using an aerial ferry in Rawalpindi. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

49. Children, seen from inside a rickshaw, gathering in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

50. A young girl waits next to her mother as she and others queue for a ration of rice during a donated food distribution at the Beri Iman, a shrine of famous Sufi Saint Beri Imam, in Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)