Through the Lens: Thai-Cambodian border dispute and floods in China
The Thai government's decision to close all land borders with Cambodia has cast a shadow over an estimated 1.2 million Cambodian migrant workers - and the Thai economy.
Cambodians carrying their belongings prepare to cross the border to Cambodia during a temporary opening that enabled stranded Thais to come the other way. The Ban Khlong Luk border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo province, and other crossing points was closed by the Thai military following a border spat. This was presented by the Thai army as part of a broader crackdown on multiple transnational scam centers operating along the border. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrait/EPA/Jiji)
Cambodians queuing at Ban Khlong Luek, a border checkpoint in eastern Thailand's Sa Kaeo province. The Thai military closed all border crossings into Cambodia to virtually everyone, including tourists and traders. (Photo by Gobthanadesh Toraksa/Reuters)
A fleeing Cambodian hauls his possessions toward the border at Aranyaprathet during a temporary reopening on June 24 for Cambodians to leave and Thais to return home. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji)
Thai police officers check the documents of departing Cambodians during a temporary reopening of the Ban Khlong Luk border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo province, Thailand, on June 24. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji)
A royalist activist holds a placard that reads "Thai government with Khmer heart Get Out" during an anti-government protest, following a leak of a phone call between Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia's Hun Sen near the Government House, in Bangkok on June 19. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, foreground, delivers a speech in front of his troop during his visit to Preah Vihear, near Cambodia-Thailand border in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, on June 23. (Photo by AKP/AP)
Nationalist protesters march through Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, on June 18. (Photo by Kyodo)
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference on June 19 following the leak of a private phone call between her and Hun Sen, Cambodia's senate president and former prime minister. (Photo by Panumas Sanguanwong/Reuters)
Thailand's Suranaree Task Force personnel stand guard at Morakot Operations Base in Ubon Rathchathani province during a visit by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. (Photo by Government House of Thailand/Reuters)
Thai police officers talk to people near a border checkpoint between Thailand and Cambodia, in Sa Kaeo province on June 24. (Photo by Royal Thai Army/AP)
Cambodians prepare to cross the border at the Ban Khlong Luek border checkpoint. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji)
Cambodians wave travel documents at the Ban Khlong Luek border checkpoint. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji)
Thai paramilitary personnel at Ban Khlong Luek checkpoint 0n June 24 during the Thailand-Cambodia border closure. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Jiji)
Severe flooding in China's southwestern province of Guizhou has forced more than 80,000 people out of their homes, Beijing's state media reported on June 25.
Flooded buildings in Rongjiang in China's Guizhou province on June 24. (Photo by AFP/Jiji)
Residents clear away mud after a flood in Congjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, on June 25. (Photo by CNS/Reuters)
A debris-strewn street after floodwaters receded in Rongjiang county on June 25. (Photo by CNS/Reuters)
Rescue workers evacuate a resident from a flood-affected area in Rongjiang county on June 24. (Photo by China Daily/Reuters)
People gather their belongings in a flood-affected area in Congjiang on June 25. (Photo by STR/AFP/Jiji)
