More than 300 people have been killed in floods throughout Northern Thailand from months of heavy monsoon rains. Local residents sit on a boat in floodwaters as they leave their homes with their animals and belongings in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok, on Oct. 19, 2011. (All photos from AFP/Getty Images.)
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After a mud and sandbag wall collapsed, local residents leave their homes in flood waters carrying with them what they can in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok, on Oct. 19, 2011.
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A local resident is helped aboard a rescue truck after she fainted in the flood waters after a mud and sandbag wall collapsed in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok, on Oct. 19, 2011.
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Here a local resident is given attention by Thai rescuers after she got tired of walking in flood waters in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok, on Oct. 19, 2011. The opposition has called on Thailand's Premier Yingluck Shinawatra to declare a state of emergency.
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A truck in suburban Bangkok picks up local residents leaving their homes on Oct. 19, 2011. The collapse of a mud and sandbag wall has made the flood situation worse in the city.
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Local residents wade through flood waters with their suitcases on their heads, as they leave their homes in suburban Bangkok on Oct. 19, 2011. Thailand's premier urged the kingdom's rival political factions Wednesday to work together to tackle the worst floods in decades.
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A local resident swims in floodwaters in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok, on Oct. 19, 2011.
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Local residents sit on sandbags in front of their shop surrounded by flood waters after a mud and sandbag wall collapsed in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok, on Oct. 19, 2011.
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Residents and their small dog use a small boat in flood waters in Bangkok after a mud and sandbag wall collapsed in the city on Oct. 19, 2011.
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A woman holds a baby in the flood waters as she stands in her home in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok, on Oct. 19, 2011.
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