Floods in China

A street lamp is partially submerged by the flooded Yangtze river in south-west China's Chongqing city Photograph: AP A man stands in flood waters as two buses make their way along a flooded street in Wuhan, Hubei province Photograph: AFP/Getty Images A man struggles as he wades through a flooded field in Tieling county in north China's Liaoning province Photograph: Yao Jianfeng/AP A resident fills a bucket of water from the flooded Yangtze river as a ship passes in Dongliu county Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters People wade through mud to get to the banks at the junction of the flooded Yangtze and Jialin rivers in Chongqing Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images A resident walks through a flooded street covered with rubbish in Quxian county, Sichuan province Photograph: Reuters A boy swims in the flooded Yangtze river in Chongqing Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images Lightning strikes in Poyang county, Jiujiang Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters A child sleeps on a couch on a flooded street in Chongqing municipality Photograph: Shi Tou/Reuters Residents enjoy the water along a flooded riverbank in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Photograph: AP A dog swims at a park flooded by the Yangtze river in Wuhan, Hubei province Photograph: Reuters Rescuers reinforce the bank of the Changhe river in the flooded area of Poyang in Jiujiang Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Residents walk across a bridge in the flooded area of Poyang, Jiangxi province Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters A resident rows a boat on a flooded street in Dongliu county Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters