Dangerous and deadly record-breaking heat continues to affect millions of Americans across the South, Southwest, and Western US, as almost one-third of Americans are under heat alerts.
Parts of Europe and Asia are also facing brutal heat, and China has just broken its high-temperature record after it reached 52.2°C (125.96°F) in Sanbao.
Here's how people are dealing with these extreme temperatures:
1.A person sticks their head in a fountain at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy:
2.Tourists crowd a beach in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China:
3.A man hoses himself off in Naples, Italy:
4.People stand in the shade in Venice, Italy:
5.A person in a cooling center watches the weather in Phoenix, Arizona:
6.People in a restaurant are refreshed by a fan spraying nebulized water in Rome, Italy:
7.A woman fills her water bottle at the Barcaccia Fountain in Rome, Italy:
8.A woman lies down on Mondello beach in Palermo, Italy:
9.Tourists gather under umbrellas in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy:
10.A person wears a facekini at the beach in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China:
11.People line up at a water fountain in downtown Rome, Italy:
12.The First Congregational United Church of Christ provides a place to cool down in Phoenix, Arizona:
13.People sit in the ocean in Naples, Italy:
14.A woman hands out ice-cold bandanas in Austin, Texas:
15.A cyclist wears protective clothing in Beijing, China:
16.Tourists sit in the shade near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy:
17.Volunteers hand out water in Athens, Greece:
18.A man carries spray bottles full of water in Rome, Italy:
19.A tourist floats on an inflatable flamingo at Gold Sands Beach in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China:
20.Tourists are cooled off by a fan in Rome, Italy:
21.A woman shades herself from the sun in Shanghai, China:
22.A man selling refreshments pours water over his head in Houston, Texas:
23.A woman uses multiple fans to stay cool in Shanghai, China:
24.Lastly, people dip their toes in a shallow pool in Beijing, China:
