8 June 2023

Flooded residential buildings are seen on Thursday, June 8, in Kherson, Ukraine.
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Volunteers evacuate local residents from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine on Thursday, June 8.
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A nation of animal lovers, the Ukrainians have been searching for missing pets in the flooded area.
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Rescue efforts continued in towns submerged by waters from the collapsed dam.
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Flooded residential buildings are seen in Kherson, Ukraine on Thursday, June 8.
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A view of flooded residential buildings in the port city of Kherson, Ukraine on Thursday, June 8.
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A man gets to his flooded house in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month.
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Ukrainian security forces help to unload local residents from a boat during an evacuation from a flooded area in Kherson on June 8.
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Emergency workers take cover during a Russian military strike while they evacuate people from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 8.
— Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / Reuters

The destroyed Antonivskyi bridge is seen over the flooded Dnipro river on Thursday, June 8, after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached.
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Ukrainian servicemen ride by boat in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
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A church surrounded by water in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
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Animal rescuers make their way through floating debris to rescue a dog in the flooded area after the dam collapse in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
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A Local resident with her pets evacuate on a boat from a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
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Local resident Olena gets on a small boat as she is evacuated by Ukrainian servicemen from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Many small boats carrying volunteers and Ukrainian soldiers have shuttled across from Ukrainian-held areas on the west bank to rescue desperate civilians stuck on rooftops, in attics and in other areas amid the deluge.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo