People sunbathe on a beach in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, July 17, 2023. Spain's Aemet weather agency said a heatwave starting Monday “will affect a large part of the countries bordering the Mediterranean” with temperatures in some southern areas of Spain exceeding 42-44 ºC. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A woman shields herself from the sun at the Retiro park in Madrid, Spain, Monday, July 17, 2023. Spain’s Aemet weather agency said the heat wave this week “will affect a large part of the countries bordering the Mediterranean“ with temperatures in some southern areas of Spain exceeding 42 C (107 F). (Photo by Manu Fernandez/AP Photo)





People wade through a street due to a heavy rain in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, southern Japan Monday, July 10, 2023. Torrential rain has been pounding southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas stands by an umbrella as his first-round match against Austria’s Dominic Thiem is suspended due to rain at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, Britain on July 4, 2023. (Photo by Hannah Mckay/Reuters)





A construction worker watches as waves crash at coastal road construction site along a seafront, during high tide, in Mumbai, India on July 6, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Tourists take shelter under the Duomo Cathedral as heavy rain hits Milan, Italy on July 6, 2023. (Photo by Claudia Greco/Reuters)





A reveller looks on as he celebrates LGBTQ+ rights during the annual Pride parade in Brasilia, Brazil on July 9, 2023. (Photo by Adriano Machado/Reuters)





A man shelters from the sun with an umbrella during a heatwave in Nicosia, Cyprus on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters)





A roadside vendor sells umbrellas along a road in Amritsar on July 11, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Tourists exit the ancient Acropolis of Athens as the Greek culture ministry shut down the monument most of the day because of heat, Friday, July 14, 2023. 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 over the weekend. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A woman sits under a parasol at the Lido beach on the river Danube in Belgrade, Serbia, 17 July 2023. Serbia's Hydrometeorological Service issued a warning on high temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius in the following days. (Photo by Andrej Cukic/EPA/EFE)





Visitors wear sun hats and carry umbrellas as they leave the Forbidden City on a hot day in Beijing, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A boy wearing a rainbow umbrella wipes his sweat as he visits the Forbidden City on a sweltering day in Beijing, Friday, July 7, 2023. Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A beachgoer sits in the shade of an umbrella on the beach at the Lac de Cazaux lake, southwestern France, on July 6, 2023, as France braces for a sweltering weekend ahead. (Photo by Thibaud Moritz/AFP Photo)





A woman carries an umbrella during a heat wave in Rome, Italy, 16 July 2023. Italy is facing the third heatwave of the summer on 16 July bringing record temperatures. The new heatwave is forecast to peak on 18 July, when temperatures in areas of southern Sardinian may reach 48 degrees Celsius, according to forecasts. On 15 July, the health ministry has put on red alert major Italian cities. (Photo by Massimo Percossi/EPA)