In Pictures: Record heatwaves sweep across Europe and US

The European Space Agency warned of 'potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded'

Published: July 16, 2023 10:13 Compiled by Christian Borbon with inputs from AFP

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People cool off at Mondello beach, during a heatwave across Italy. Image Credit: Reuters

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Students try to shield themselves from the sunlight at the Griffith Observatory gardens in Los Angeles. Over a third of Americans are under extreme heat advisories, watches, and warnings as a blistering heatwave continues across the Southwest and California. Image Credit: AP

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A Jet takes flight from Sky Harbor International Airport as the sun sets over downtown Phoenix. Millions of people around the Southwest are living through a historic heat wave. Image Credit: AP

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Volunteers with the Wells Fargo Technology Services organize water bottles in preparation to pass them out to homeless residents in Phoenix, Arizona. Record-breaking temperatures continue soaring as prolonged heatwaves sweep across the Southwest. Image Credit: AFP

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A boy cools himself in a fountain of the central Syntagma square in front of the Greek parliament during a hot day in Athens. Temperatures were starting to creep up in Greece, where a heatwave was forecast to reach up to 44 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country. Image Credit: AP

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A pregnant visitor shields herself from the sunlight during a tour of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Forecasters say some California residents should prepare for the hottest weather of the year. Image Credit: AP

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Visitors leave the Acropolis archeological site in Athens. The ministry of culture has decided to close the archeological site during the hottest hours of the day, from noon to 5pm, as Greece is hit by a heatwave. Image Credit: AFP

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A member of the public holds a cold water bottle on her skin in Rome as Italy is hit by a heatwave. Image Credit: AFP

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Spanish authorities say that they have preemptively evacuated some 500 people to avoid a wildfire that has broken out on the Canary island of La Palma. The fire coincides with a heatwave that is hitting southern Europe.. Image Credit: AP

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Children cool off at an urban beach of Madrid Rio park in Madrid, Spain. More than 10 of Spain's regions are on red alert for the second day of the latest heat wave, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius. Image Credit: AP

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