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The riverbed of the Jialing river in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, a tributary of the Yangtze river, runs dry as the country is hit by record temperatures and droughts. IMAGES
As temperatures soar across northern China, residents in Beijing cool themselves off in the city's Liangma River while others shield themselves from the sun with umbrellas. China is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that scientists say are driving climate change and longer, hotter heatwaves. IMAGES
Heavy rain and floods have left river islands and swathes of land in the province of Corrientes in northern Argentina underwater, causing deaths and forcing thousands to evacuate. Officials have laid the blame for the extreme weather on the El Nino phenomenon, is typically associated with warming ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. IMAGES
Images show flooded streets as heavy rain continues in the central Vietnamese city of Hue. Two people died after being swept away by floodwaters in the region, state media reported on Saturday, as areas from the Ha Tinh to Quang Nam provinces were hit with torrential downpours. Around 5,000 people have been evacuated from homes in Da Nang. IMAGES
Rescuers and civilians work at the site where 18 people, including 10 children, are reported missing after a sewage-polluted river, flooded by heavy rains, washed away precarious homes in the Guatemalan capital, according to authorities. IMAGES
Images show emergency services on site near a roadway that collapsed due to heavy floods, near the city of Volos and flooded areas in Palamas near Karditsa. Storms have killed at least 14 people in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, with a Greek region hit by more rain in 24 hours than it normally sees in a year, officials say. IMAGES