Floods hit Thailand– in pictures

People sit amongst their submerged belongings in Ayutthaya Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Residents catch relief goods distributed from a helicopter in Ayutthaya Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Men leading cows through floodwaters Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

A traffic policeman gestures to a car as he directs traffic along a flooded street in Nonthaburi Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A man transports dogs on a raft made from a car tyre during an evacuation after floods in Ayutthaya Photograph: Apichart Weerawong/AP

A man smokes a cigarette as he sits in the flooded streets Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

A Thai resident sits on a flood-submerged 4x4 on a street in Ayutthaya Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

A rescue worker evacuates a woman from a flooded area in Pathum Thani Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A Thai resident waits for help on a submerged building Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

A resident pushes a container holding food items as she wades through flooded streets in Nonthaburi Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

An aerial view of a flooded street in Nonthaburi province Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

An aerial view of a flooded area in Nonthaburi Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Buddhist monks wade through a flooded site at the world heritage historical park, in Ayutthaya province Photograph: Rungroj YongriT/EPA

People make their way through a flooded street Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

An aerial view of the flooded area Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

A resident rows a boat past a submerged Buddha statue Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

A man casts a fishing net in a flooded area Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A woman and her pets try to leave the area Photograph: Apichart Weerawong/AP

An elderly woman is carried to safety Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

People rest under mosquito nets at a makeshift evacuation centre Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Dogs find refuge on a wall near a submerged ancient temple Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

People are evacuated from the flood-hit area Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

An aerial view of an area in Ayutthaya province Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters