Swans pass by a flooded restaurant in the Vltava river in Prague
Torrential rain and heavy flooding has hit central Europe, leaving many towns and cities under water.
An artist paints the overflooding Vltava river in Prague.A man walks past a restaurant surrounded by the floods of the river Elbe in Pirna, eastern GermanyThree men stand behind wooden panels erected to protect a restaurant against the floods of the river Elbe in Pirna, eastern GermanyA-closed to access-pedestrian bridge is seen over the Danube river in Vienna
A general view of the flooded historic city centre in Passau, GermanyA woman makes her way through an overflooded street in Passau, southern GermanyFirefighters and helpers evacuate inhabitants in the flooded city centre in Grimma, Germany.Two firefighters stand next to a pump in the flooded streets of the historic city centre in Passau, Germany.People watch the rising Lech river in Landsberg am Lech, Germany
