Pictures from Prayagraj in India.
Slideshow: This is how people live in the extreme heat in Asia
Millions of children are kept home from school, several people have died and farmers have their crops destroyed. These are some of the effects of the heat wave currently plaguing Southeast Asia.
The AP news agency's photographers have taken to the streets of several cities to show how people deal with the weather.
See a selection of the images below.
Millions of children are kept home from school, several people have died and farmers have their crops destroyed. These are some of the effects of the heat wave currently plaguing Southeast Asia.
The AP news agency's photographers have taken to the streets of several cities to show how people deal with the weather.
Women in Kolkata, India cool off with drinks...
...just like the school kids in Lucknow
People bathe under water tap in Prayagraj
Residents of Bangkok protect themselves from the sun
The city's motorcyclists stay in the shade
Motorcyclists stop in the shade of a skytrain line on a hot day in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) XYA114
Street vendor in unusually hot Manila
Filipino man uses towel as sun protection
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The heat in Vietnam killed hundreds of thousands of fish
Over 100 temperature records were recorded in Vietnam in April, writes the Straits Times, which draws attention to the heat wave that has gripped Southeast Asia recently.
Earlier this week, 44 degrees was recorded in two cities, a record for April and just 0.2 degrees lower than the highest temperature chart ever measured in the country.
Several media have published videos and images of what is called a "dramatic" sign of the extreme heat: hundreds of thousands of dead fish in a dried-up water reservoir in the province of Dong Nai.
According to experts, the heat wave is an effect of climate change combined with
Over 100 temperature records were recorded in Vietnam in April, writes the Straits Times, which draws attention to the heat wave that has gripped Southeast Asia recently.
Earlier this week, 44 degrees was recorded in two cities, a record for April and just 0.2 degrees lower than the highest temperature chart ever measured in the country.
Several media have published videos and images of what is called a "dramatic" sign of the extreme heat: hundreds of thousands of dead fish in a dried-up water reservoir in the province of Dong Nai.
According to experts, the heat wave is an effect of climate change combined with
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