Flooding around the world – in pictures

Kurigram, Bangladesh: a woman sits with children in a boat as heavy rain batters a flooded village. At least 100 people have died and hundreds of thousands are marooned across Bangladesh Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Mumbai, India: boys play in a drain during a monsoon downpour Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Hunan, China: firefighters rescue a baby from a bus stranded by flooding after heavy rain
Photograph: Top Photo Corporation/Rex

Hebden Bridge, UK: a woman walks through floodwaters in the centre of the West Yorkshire town
Photograph: Lorne Campbell/Guzelian

Krymsk, Russia: a woman cries in a flooded street. Russia's worst flood in recent memory killed more than 150 people, many of them elderly, after authorities failed to issue evacuation orders
Photograph: Matytsin Valery/Itar-Tass/Corbis

Dalarna, Sweden: a house hangs over a rain-swollen creek. Areas in Sweden hit by floods are bracing themselves for further downpours and thunderstorms as a low-pressure system moves across the region Photograph: Leif R Jansson/AFP/Getty Images

Salgotarjan, Hungary: a woman tries to find the lid of a gutter after torrential rain flooded several streets Photograph: Peter Komka/EPA

Krymsk, Russia: a resident looks at debris in a house damaged by floods. Vladimir Putin has ordered investigators to find out if enough was done to alert people to the floods – the first big disaster of his new presidency Photograph: Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters

Gagalmari, India: a boat carries flood relief materials as monsoon clouds gather overhead. The floods in north-eastern India have killed dozens of people, with more than 2,000 villages inundated as rivers breached their banks Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP

Aso, Japan: an aerial view of a residential area and road affected by flooding. South-western Japan was bracing for more torrential rain on top of unprecedented downpours that left at least 19 people dead and eight missing Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Phatekai, India: soldiers help flood victims escape to higher ground in the flood-affected Sonitpur district of Assam state. More than 80 people have died as a result of the floods in Assam Photograph: EPA

Smaland, Sweden: a woman walks through floodwater outside her home Photograph: IBL/Rex Features

Manila, Philippines: a man with a bicycle negotiates a flooded street. Heavy showers have caused flooding in parts of the city Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images

Monrovia, Liberia: Liberians cross a flooded street. Heavy rainfall over the past two weeks has caused widespread flooding across the country as west Africa heads into the rainy season. Many countries are reporting flooding after the first rains this year Photograph: Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

York, UK: geese take to the flooded streets after the river Ouse burst its banks. Torrential rain led to flooded homes, road closures and havoc on public transport across parts of the country. Dozens of flood warnings and alerts were in place as the latest downpours continued to fall on ground already saturated after three months of record-breaking rainfall across the UK Photograph: John Giles/PA

Tezpur, India: stranded villagers wave to a helicopter as they wait to get rescued Photograph: AP

Wuhan, China: rescuers help residents to reach a safer area on a flooded street. Rain-triggered floods have killed 10 people and affected more than 2 million others in central China's Hubei province Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Kinross, UK: festivalgoers head home early because of rain and mud during T in the Park at Balado
Photograph: Ross Gilmore/Redferns/Getty