Thailand flooding threatens Bangkok – gallery

People make for the safety of a bridge above flooded streets in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

People wait in line for food handouts at an evacuation centre in Bangbuathong Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Thai residents drive through a flooded street as a man floats on a mat in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Residents balance on sandbags in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

People make their way along a flooded street in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A rat on a piece of floating debris searches for an escape route Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Thai residents walk down a flooded street in Bangyai Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

A Thai resident receives food relief in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Children play in telephone boxes on a flooded street in the Thung Song Hong district Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A chicken stall is surrounded by sandbags Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

A Thai resident floats his pets down stream as he makes his way through the floods in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A teacher moves school supplies after the floods reach the Rajinee Bon school near the Chao Phrya river Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA

Children play in water as floods advance on their Sai Mai neighbourhood Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

A woman walks out of her flooded home in a flooded neighbourhood near the Chao Praya river in central Bangkok Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Residents play on a flooded street in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Thai residents float a car down a flooded street in Pathum Thani Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A homeless person wades through floodwater in Pathum Thani Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Houses in Nonthaburi province are surrounded by floodwater Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

A dogs stands next to a sandbag barrier against advancing floods in the Sai Mai district Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

A family is evacuated by boat on a flooded street in Bangbuathong Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Evacuees in tents at an evacuation centre in Bangkok Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP