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Photo Series of the Day: Thailand has been inundated with monsoon rains since mid-July, resulting in the worst flooding the country has seen in 50 years.
Athit Perawongmetha’s heartwarming photo of Buddhist monks splash-fighting in floodwaters north of Bangkok is one of several powerful snapshots featured in the In Focus photo series, “Bangkok Underwater.”
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Photo Series of the Day: Thailand has been inundated with monsoon rains since mid-July, resulting in the worst flooding the country has seen in 50 years.
Athit Perawongmetha’s heartwarming photo of Buddhist monks splash-fighting in floodwaters north of Bangkok is one of several powerful snapshots featured in the In Focus photo series, “Bangkok Underwater.”
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(Source: thedailywhat, via fuxmix)
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Heavy monsoon rains have been drenching Southeast Asia since mid-July, causing mudslides and widespread flooding. The deluge has now reached Bangkok, with rising water and associated problems affecting most of the city’s 10 million residents. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that parts of the capital could be inundated by up to 1.5 meters of water and remain flooded for up to a month. Around Bangkok, airports are closing, food prices are soaring, clean water is becoming scarce, and the country is declaring a holiday from Thursday until Monday to allow people to evacuate. The Chao Phraya river is predicted to overflow its banks in the city sometime today, and authorities say that if the protective dikes fail to hold the water, all parts of Bangkok will be vulnerable to the floodwater
Above: Residents evacuate from their flooded town, north of Bangkok, on October 25, 2011. Around 320 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, as Thailand experiences the worst flooding in 50 years with damages running as high as $6 billion. (Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad)
See more intense photos at In Focus
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Ayutthaya, Thailand
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A hat that belonged to a member of Qaddafi’s forces lies on the ground amid spent bullet cartridges during heavy clashes against anti-Qaddafi forces outside the State Security compound in Sirte, on October 9, 2011. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
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Gaddafi, looks injured ..
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On June 11th 1963, Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, sat down in the middle of a busy intersection in Saigon, covered himself in gasoline and He then ignited a match, and set himself on fire. Đức burned to death in a matter of minutes, and he was immortalized in a famous photograph taken by a reporter who was in Vietnam in order to photograph the war. All those who saw this spectacle were taken by the fact that Duc did not make a sound while burning to death. Đức was protesting President Ngô Đình Diệm’s administration for oppressing the Buddhist religion.
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Worst Flooding in Decades Swamps Thailand - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
Children play in a flooded street in Sena district, Ayutthaya province, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok, on September 12, 2011. Monsoon rains, storms, floods and mudslides have killed at least 280 people since July, authorities said. (Reuters/Sukree Sukplang)
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