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The Shabelle River has burst its banks in Beledweyne, in central Somalia, forcing thousands of people to abandon their homes, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and submerging markets and hospitals. IMAGES
Images from the village of Pokrovskoye in northern Kazakhstan show houses submerged in flood water after fast-melting snow caused the river Esil to reach unprecedented heights. Moscow and Astana have been battling rising rivers for more than five days, with both declaring a state of emergency and saying the floods have been the worst in decades. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people line up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people seek to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service. IMAGES
Images show cars and trucks queuing on a road near Kornidzor, an Armenian town close to the border with Azerbaijan, as the exodus from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region continues. On Tuesday, Yerevan reported that more than 13,000 refugees have fled the predominantly Armenian enclave since Sunday. Last week, the region came under Azerbaijani attack, before quickly falling under Baku's control. IMAGES
The exodus continues along the Lachin corridor, a mountain road leading out of Nagorno-Karabakh, after the predominantly Armenian enclave fell to the Azerbaijani military last week. On Tuesday, Armenia reported that more than 13,000 refugees had fled the disputed region since Sunday. IMAGES
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