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A man is forced to beg on the streets as no one gives him work because of his massive legs that weigh two stones each.
Muhammad Saleem, 53, is known as the 'Elephant Man' in his hometown in Pakistan, where he has been begging since 1990.
Muhammad, from Sikandar Goth in Karachi, suffers from Elephantiasis - a parasitic infection that has painfully caused both his legs to balloon 15 kilograms each.
His feet have grown to a gigantic 23cm and toes are 18cm big.
Because of the enormous weight and size of his legs, Saleem is compelled to live an immobile life.
He cannot stand for more than a minute and has to take wife Zainab Bibi's support for walking and climbing stairs of his one-room rented house.
With no work and money for treatment, the father of four is forced to depend on the alms to make ends meet.