Visitors walk past the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron designed by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur in Paris on August 11, 2025, amid a heatwave in Europe. The heatwave that started on August 8, 2025 has intensified, with temperatures at an "exceptional level" in the south-west, where 12 departments are classified under red heatwave alert until August 12, 2025 by Meteo-France. (Photo by Martin Lelievre/AFP Photo)
