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Bangkok flooding: waters creep further into the city - in pictures

Thailand floods: A resident walks through floodwaters near the Chao Phraya river
A resident walks through floodwaters near the Chao Phraya river after an embankment ruptured overnight flooding another area in central Bangkok Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
Thailand floods: A resident shows a catfish caught in floodwaters near the Chao Phraya river
A resident shows a catfish caught in floodwaters near the Chao Phraya river Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
Thailand floods: A woman is given an improvised life jacket before going into the water
A woman is given an improvised life jacket before going into the water as people are evacuated from a flooded area in Bangkok Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Thailand floods: Thai volunteers prepare places for flood-affected people
Thai volunteers prepare places for flood-affected people at a sports centre inside the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA
Thailand floods: A woman hangs onto a street sign in chest deep water
A Thai woman hangs on to a street sign in chest-deep water along the flooded streets of Rangsit, Bangkok Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Thailand floods: Flood victims make their way through the high waters in Rangsit
Flood victims make their way through the high waters along the flooded streets of Rangsit on the outskirts of Bangkok Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Thailand floods: Thai monks work to retrieve flooded monk robes and Buddhist texts
Thai monks work to retrieve flooded robes and Buddhist texts, property of the Dhammakaya temple in Khlong Luang on the outskirts of Bangkok Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Thailand floods: A Thai resident wades past a Ronald McDonald figure in Bangkok
A Thai resident wades past a Ronald McDonald figure at a flooded fast-food restaurant in Bangkok Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Thailand floods: Thai soldiers wade through floodwaters pass a submerged construction site
Thai soldiers walk through floodwaters passing a submerged construction site of the Skytrain transport service in Bangkok Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Thailand floods: A petrol station employee amid floodwaters near the Chao Phraya river
A petrol station employee talks on her mobile phone as she sits in a plastic container amid floodwaters near the Chao Phraya river Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
Thailand floods: A flooded shop selling buddha statues on the streets in Rangsit
A flooded shop selling buddha statues on the streets of Rangsit Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Thailand floods: People use an improvised float device as they return from collecting water
People use an improvised floating device as they return from collecting water in Rangsit, Pathum Thani province, on Bangkok's outskirts Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
Thailand floods: People float a car through deep water on a flooded street in Bangbuathong
Thais push a floating car through deep water on a flooded street in Bangbuathong Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
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