Extreme heat and weather around the world – in pictures

People cool off in a fountain at Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) as temperatures reach 44 degrees on 17 July in Rome, Italy. Many places in Italy have seen successive days over 40C.

People carry umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun at an intersection, 17 July, Tokyo.

Mud and debris cover a street following a flood in Tanushimarumachi in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, 10 July, after heavy rains hit wide areas of Kyushu island, Japan.

The Rabbit fire burns in Moreno valley, Riverside county, California on 14 July. Tens of millions of Americans faced dangerously high temperatures from a powerful heat wave stretching from California to Texas.

A water glass sits in the mud on the floor of Sam’s Steakhouse in Ludlow, Vermont, after heavy rain flooded rivers – forcing evacuations, washing out roads and flooding buildings.

People shelter on a bridge near the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India, 13 July, amid flooding. The river exceeeded the danger mark in Delhi leading to flood warnings.

Aerial view of flooding after heavy rains hit Golyaka village in Duzce, Turkey, 12 July.

Flooded streets after heavy rain in Lahore, Pakistan, 5 July. As severe monsoon weather hit, the city received over 290mm of rain within 10 hours, breaking a 30-year-old record.

The Statue of Liberty in front of a hazy New York City skyline, Thursday 29 June, as smoke blew in from large fires in Canada.

A fire truck stuck in a hole due to flooding in Coltauco, Chile, on 25 June. Thousands of Chileans were left isolated or homeless by torrential rains.

People hug after a tornado damaged homes near Carstairs, Canada on Saturday 1 July.

A woman uses a banana raft to cross a flooded area at a village in Barpeta, India, 24 June. More than 500,000 people were severely affected in 22 districts of Assam.

This 22 June picture shows wildfire damage in the Tantallon area in Canada, which is headed for its worst wildfire season on record, with about 3.3m hectares (8.2m acres) burned in 2023, according to official data.

Vehicles swamped by flooding in Wanzhou district, south-west China’s Chongqing municipality, 14 July. Storms battered 28 districts and counties of Chongqing with record-breaking daily rainfall of 227mm recorded in Wanzhou district.

Smoke from a forest fire that broke out in an area between the Navarrese towns of Olloki and Alzuza, Spain, 14 July.

A person wearing a scuba-diving mask sprays water at the entrance of a house during a wildfire at Lagonisi in Attica, Greece, 17 July.

People in a canoe and a paddle board pass cars partially submerged in floods caused by storms in Montpelier, Vermont, US, July 11.

National park rangers Gia Ponce (L) and Christina Caparelli are photographed by ranger Nicole Bernard next to an unofficial heat reading at of 132F (55C) at Furnace Creek visitor centre in Death Valley national park, California, 16 July.