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The week in pictures: Europe swelters, the Dalai Lama turns 90 and Trump gets his 'big beautiful bill'

In pictures

Heatwaves and wildfires break out in Europe

Europe
Business

The economic cost of heatwaves in Europe

Business

Brittany, France's heatwave refuge

Italy's heatwave disrupts tourism, outdoor work and schools

Press Review

Is 'AC guilt' justified? French papers divided over use of air conditioning amid heatwave

France

France protects vulnerable populations amid extreme heat

Cooler temperatures coming to Europe after scorching heatwave

Europe
The Debate

Europe's growing heatwaves: Air conditioning for all?

Europe

Europe suffocates under an intense heatwave

France shuts schools as heatwave grips Europe

Greece hit by heatwave and wildfires

France roasts as temperature soar

Spain suffers scorching heatwave

France shuts schools as temperatures peak amid Europe-wide heatwave

France

Southern Europe broils as heatwave sends temperatures above 40°C

Europe

Severe heatwave in southern Europe pushes temperatures above 40°C

Europe

Red alert: Soaring temperatures prompt stay-home warnings across Europe

Europe

Major heatwaves sweep Southern and Western Europe

Europe

Fires break out in France and Turkey amid heatwave

Europe

Europe swelters in summer's first heatwave as continent warms

Europe

Europe swelters in summer's first heatwave as climate change intensifies

Europe

Heatwave blankets US East Coast

Loire Valley châteaux under threat, warns the Climate Action Network in its latest report

France

France grapples with its first heatwave of the year

France
Press Review

Climate change and Europe's ‘suffocatingly’ hot heatwaves

The heatwave hits France, 16 departments on alert

France braces for a major heatwave

Deadly windstorms batter Pakistan after extreme heatwave

Asia / Pacific

UAE breaks May heat record with scorching 51.6C

Middle East

Study shows three-quarters of Indian population face high heatwave risk

World's richest 10% responsible for two-thirds of global warming, study finds

Environment

Worst coral bleaching episode on record hits 84% of the world's reefs

Environment

Global temperatures hit historic highs for March, says EU monitor

Europe

January sets 'surprising' heat record, defying La Nina cooling expectations

Environment

Global temperatures surpassed 1.5C target in last two years, says EU monitor

Environment

California declares state of emergency over three wildfires near Los Angeles

California declares state of emergency over three wildfires near Los Angeles

Americas
Down to Earth

Paris's plan to ditch ACs and expand urban cooling system

Environment

Mediterranean Sea temperature reaches record high

Europe

Mediterranean Sea reaches highest surface temperature ever recorded

Europe

Green economy: Local economic development an opportunity to transform lives of hundreds of millions

Environment

Australia's Great Barrier Reef under threat from ocean heat following 400-year high

Environment

'Increasingly likely' that 2024 will be warmest year on record, EU monitor says

Environment

At least 21 dead as heatwave sweeps across Morocco

Africa

Why are French environmentalists protesting against a water reservoir in La Rochelle?

France

China highway bridge collapse kills eleven following flooding and heavy storms

Asia / Pacific

Heatwaves strain power grids in southern and eastern Europe, fuel wildfires

Europe

Southern Europe scorched by heat wave as temperatures surpass 40°C

Europe

Record-breaking heat wave scorches millions across the US, fueling wildfires

Americas

Saudi Arabia says more than 1,300 died during hajj pilgrimage due to heat

Luxury yacht crew charged for setting off fireworks that sparked Greek wildfire

Europe

Egypt cracks down on tourism companies after 1,000 pilgrims have died in searing Mecca heat

Africa

Monsoon ends India prolonged heatwave that killed dozens

Asia / Pacific

'Nobody is picking up the dead bodies': Extreme heat sees hajj death toll rise

Heatwave in Mexico claims lives of more than 150 since March

Americas

Record-breaking heatwave hits US northeast

Relatives search for missing in Saudi Arabia as hajj death toll tops 900

Middle East

Thousands evacuated in New Mexico after wildfires spark state of emergency

Americas

At least 550 pilgrims died due to intense heat during hajj, diplomats say

Middle East

At least 19 hajj pilgrims die from extreme heat in Saudi Arabia

Middle East

Much of US braces for extreme weather, from high temperatures to possible snow in the Rockies

Americas

Athens Acropolis closes as earliest-ever heatwave sweeps Greece

Europe

Modi-led alliance wins India's general election

Asia / Pacific

Heatstroke kills 33 polling agents on final voting day as India battles record temperatures

Asia / Pacific

Polls close in Indian election seen as referendum on Modi’s decade in power

Asia / Pacific

Polls close in Indian election seen as referendum on Modi’s decade in power

Asia / Pacific

Indians cast ballots in New Delhi and across country amid heatwave

Asia / Pacific

Dozens dead in blistering, weeks-long heat wave in Mexico

Americas

Copernicus climate report: Global temperature streak continues

Environment

Thailand: heatwave hurts durian fruit production

Asia / Pacific

Global temperature streak continues with record heat in April

Europe