Two young women refresh under a water mister in Lille , northern France, Monday June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Millions of people across Europe are sweltering under an early-season heat wave this week as temperatures climb to unusually high levels.
A man delivers plastic bottles of water during a hot day in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Parisians bath in the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as the national weather service, Meteo France, placed 54 departments, about half the country, under a red heat wave alert, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )An Icelandic horse is sprayed with water a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, on a hot Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Workers workin the sun in London, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, as a heat wave is predicted across Britain. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Parisians bath in the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as the national weather service, Meteo France, placed 54 departments, about half the country, under a red heat wave alert, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )People cool off at a fountain in Rome, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)People walk under a passageway at Yeni mosque during a hot day in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)A woman cools herself in the sun in London, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, as a heat wave is predicted across Britain. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Visitors shield themself from the sun with umbrellas as they walk in the garden of the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, during a heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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