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A man pours water out of the window of a house in the river Blanice in Putim, near Pisek, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2013. German, Czech and Austrian river cities braced for rising flood waters, evacuating thousands and boosting defences along the swollen Elbe and Danube, after inundations from heavy rains left 11 people dead. AFP PHOTO / RADEK MICA