Thailand floods leave thousands stranded - in pictures

A boy pulls a refrigerator along a flooded street in Pathum Thani province Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Soldiers carry a woman through a flooded street in Pathum Thani province Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Workers build a barrier to protect their factory from floods in Pathum Thani province Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Widespread flooding in Pathum Thani province Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

A temple surrounded by floodwaters in the ancient capital city of Ayutthaya Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

Partially submerged vehicles stranded in floodwaters at a roundabout in Ayutthaya Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

People wade through the water on a flooded highway in Ayutthaya province Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Vehicles at a Honda car factory submerged in floodwaters in the Rojana industrial district in Ayutthaya province Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

Villagers collect bags of relief material dropped by an army helicopter in Ayutthaya province Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

A man makes his way through water on a flooded pier at the Chao Praya river in central Bangkok Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Residents read newspapers in their flooded home in Bangkok Photograph: Joan Manuel Baliellas/AFP/Getty Images

A man carries a puppy through floodwaters near the Chao Praya river in Bangkok Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Customers visit a flooded amulet market near Chao Phrya river in Bangkok Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA

A man carries an elderly woman away from flooded areas in Pathum Thani province Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Cars sit parked on an elevated roadway over flooded streets near Bangkok Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Buddhist monks set up flood barriers with sandbags after floodwaters entered a temple in Bangkok Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

Thousands of flood evacuees are housed in tents on the floor of the old Don Mueang international airport in Bangkok Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

Workers prepare sandbags to protect buildings in Bangkok Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters