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Thailand floods

by Thin Lei Win | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:03 GMT

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

A flooded neighbourhood in Rangsit, Pathum Thani province November 18, 2011.

 

Migrant family from Myanmar leaves their flooded house on a homemade float to receive relief goods from Save the Children. Rangsit, Pathum Thani province November 18, 2011.

 

A migrant from Myanmar washes his face in floodwater. Rangsit, Pathum Thani province November 18, 2011.

 

A Myanmar migrant man holds his infant son who was born just before the floods hit. Rangsit, Pathum Thani province November 18, 2011.

 

A flood victim sits on a homemade float made of empty plastic bottles. Rangsit, Pathum Thani province November 18, 2011.

 

A Myanmar migrant family receives aid from Save the Children from the second floor of their apartment building. Rangsit, Pathum Thani province November 18, 2011.

 

Residents of Nakhon Pathom walk through the flood waters. November 30, 2011.

 

A group of Myanmar migrant workers listen to a medical education session raising awareness about vector-borne and water-borne diseases in an apartment in Nakhon Pathom. November 30, 2011.

 

An MSF staff member instructs residents how to use an insecticide-treated mosquito net. Nakhon Pathom, November 30, 2011.

 

Residents of Nakhon Pathom walk through the flood waters with relief goods.  November 30, 2011.

 

Myanmar migrant workers in an apartment building in Samut Sakhon listen to a medical education session about vector-borne and water-borne diseases. November 30, 2011.

 

An MSF doctor examines a Myanmar migrant worker in an apartment building in Samut Sakhon. November 30, 2011.

 

Medicines and medical equipment are seen in an apartment building in Samut Sakhon. November 30, 2011.

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