Children stand on a makeshift platform as their neighbourhood is flooded by waters from the Rio Negro in Manaus
Children stand on a makeshift platform as their neighbourhood is flooded by waters from the Rio Negro, one of the two main tributaries of the Amazon River, in Manaus May 2, 2012.
Children play in a street flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of the Amazon River, in Anama 160 km west of Manaus May 5, 2012.