Mideast in Pictures: Scorching heatwave bakes Middle East-Xinhua
Mideast in Pictures: Scorching heatwave bakes Middle East
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-07-27 02:43:15
People cool off at a beach of the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Alexandria, Egypt, on July 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
CAIRO, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Heatwaves sweep across the Middle East in July, with temperatures reaching as high as 46 degrees Celcius in some places.
July 22 marked the world's hottest day ever recorded, according to the latest Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) data. Additionally, the three days from July 21 onward were successively hotter than Earth's previous record set in 2023.
People cool off at a beach of the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Alexandria, Egypt, on July 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)People cool off at a beach of the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Alexandria, Egypt, on July 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)People play in water and cool off by the seaside during a heat wave in Tunis, Tunisia, July 22, 2024. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)People play in water during a heat wave in Tunis, Tunisia, July 22, 2024. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)People play in water and cool off by the seaside during a heat wave in Tunis, Tunisia, July 22, 2024. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)People cool off at a beach of the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Alexandria, Egypt, on July 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)A man cools off in front of a fan during a heatwave in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)A boy cools off in front of a fan during a heatwave in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)A man cools off with an iced drink during a heatwave in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)■
