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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announces that May 2024 was the warmest May on record worldwide "marking the twelfth month in a row" to be the warmest month. SOUNDBITE
Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), says it is virtually certain that the high temperatures in July mean that "the month as a whole will become the warmest July on record, the warmest month on record". The top 21 hottest days have "all occurred this month", he adds. SOUNDBITE
The years from 2015 to 2021 are on track to be the seven hottest on record, the secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization says during a press conference at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. SOUNDBITE
Days before international climate talks will take place in Paris, a United Nations agency has announced that climate change is to blame for extreme weather this year, and temperatures have reached record-breaking highs.
Firefighters from Mato Grosso do Sul work to combat fires as Brazil's Pantanal, one of the world's largest tropical wetlands, experiences record fires in June, ahead of the dry season. IMAGES
The Acropolis in Athens, Greece's most visited tourist site, shuts its ticket booth and closes to the public during the hottest hours of the day as a heatwave bakes the country. The culture ministry said the UNESCO-listed archaeological site would close from midday to 5:00 pm (0900 to 1400 GMT). IMAGES
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