Seized endangered Star Tortoises lay in a box as they are shown to the media at the Thai customs office in Bangkok on September 29, 2010. Thai customs authorities said they had seized 1,140 endangered star tortoises that were smuggled into the country on a flight from Bangladesh.
Residents watch television at their flooded house in Bangkok October 25, 2010. Floodwaters from northeast provinces, which have swamped thousands of acres of farmland, have spread to the Thai capital.
A Buddhist monk wades through floodwaters at a Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya province on October 25, 2010 as the country struggles following two weeks of flooding.