India floods death toll rises – in pictures

Vehicles are parked near buildings damaged by floods and landslides in Govindghat, India. Soldiers were working to evacuate tens of thousands of people still stranded in northern India where nearly 600 people have been killed in monsoon flooding and landslides Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Indian military personnel help rescue pilgrims. Relief teams were racing against time to rescue tens of thousands of stranded people in rain-ravaged northern India as the death toll from flash floods and landslides neared 600 Photograph: MOD/AFP/Getty Images

A stranded pilgrim crosses over a river with the help of a rope near Hemkunsaheb Photograph: AP

A stranded woman carries her child down a hill after she was evacuated by Indian army soldiers in Govindghat Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

A woman carrying her belongings in cement sacks climbs down a hill during a rescue operation at Govindghat Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Harishanker, whose family members went missing during their pilgrimage in Kedarnath in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand after flash floods and landslides, wipes his tears as he waits at the airport in Dehradun, India Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Indian army soldiers attempt to remove a fallen tree from a river during a rescue operation Photograph: AP

Local residents sit next to rubble on a damaged road near Devprayag after monsoon rains Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

A soldier throws a rope across a swollen river in the Kedarnath Valley in Uttarakhand Photograph: Indian Army/EPA

An Indian army operative assists a child up a hill Photograph: Indian Army/EPA

An army operation salvaging residents with a rope across a swollen river in the Kedarnath Valley Photograph: Indian Army/handout/EPA

A helicopter in the Kedarnath Valley collects people left stranded by the floods Photograph: Indian Army/EPA

Indian army soldiers sssist victims caught in the floods Photograph: Indian Army/EPA

Rescued flood evacuees cover their faces as an Indian Air Force helicopter prepares to land in Ghauri Kund Photograph: MOD/AFP/Getty Images

Indian pilgrims who were stuck in the upper reaches of mountains are brought to safety in Joshimath Photograph: AP

Indian pilgrims evacuated from flood-hit areas by the Indian Air Force (IAF) arrive at the Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images