Bangkok residents continue their struggle with floods - in pictures

A man uses a broom to paddle a big plastic container along a flooded street Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

A sick Bangkok resident is evacuated by boat Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

A woman wades through floodwaters at Wat Sitaram temple in Bangkok Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

A homeless man rests in a flooded market place in a riverside neighbourhood near Bangkok's Grand Palace Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Monks unload sandbags to help fortify a temple from floodwaters overflowing from the Chao Phraya river Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A man sleeps under a bridge as floods advance into central Bangkok Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

A tuk tuk driver rests in his partially submerged vehicle in Bangkok Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

Children play in a flooded district of Bangkok Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

A worker walks past an Orient Thai aircraft as floodwaters swamp Bangkok's Don Muang domestic airport Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA

Flood victims are helped off an army vehicle in Bangkok Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Workers reinforce flood defences on the banks of the Chao Phraya river Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A man helps a girl through chest-deep floodwaters on the outskirts of Bangkok Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP

Residents walk through a partially flooded street near Bangkok's Grand Palace Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A woman and her dogs make their way along a flooded street Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Motorcycle taxi driver Chatchawal Phuengwut poses with a python he caught in floodwaters outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

A baby is taken care of at a bus station, as people wait to move out of Bangkok Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

A man pumps water out from his flooded home in a neighbourhood along the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

A man walks along makeshift flood defences on the banks of the Chao Phraya river Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A police officer is silhouetted against floodwaters in Bangkok Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A street vendor looks on as water from the Chao Phraya goes down a storm drain in Bangkok Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A woman fixes her boots as her pet parrot sits on her head in a busy flooded marketplace Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

A tourist from the Czech Republic is taken to the airport Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Volunteers package donated rice for flood victims in a sports hall in central Bangkok Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA