Thousands flee Burma to escape election violence

Refugees board a boat as they head to Mae Sot, on the Thai-Burma border Photograph: Apichart Weerawong/AP

Burmese refugees cross a stream near Mae Sot Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A refugee holds food and water as she walks by the Moei river Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A refugee from Burma carries an elderly relative across open ground Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Burmese refugees cross the Moei river Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

Refugees get off a truck in Mae Sot Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A child is treated by a Thai doctor in a temporary camp at Mae Sot Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images

A man carries his child as refugees arrive at a camp in a police base in the border town of Mae Sot Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images

Refugees cook corn at a camp Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Refugees receive food after fleeing post-election violence Photograph: EPA

Thai border policemen stand guard as Burmese refugees sit in a camp at a police base in the border town of Mae Sot Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images

Burma refugees get food rations from officials in Mae Sot Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

A Thai policeman talks to refugee Buddhist monks from Burma Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

Burmese refugees are transported on a truck to cross the border back to the Myawaddy township in Burma after leaving a temporary camp Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

A young refugee sits with his family and belongings in a temporary shelter set up by the Thai government in a Buddhist monestary near the Thai border Photograph: KC Ortiz/AFP/Getty Images

A Thai border patrol policeman guards as Burmese refugees walk back to the Myawaddy township Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA