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The rising waters of the Bei River have nearly engulfed lampposts in flood-hit Qingyuan city in southern China, with the government issuing highest its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area. Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and causing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. IMAGES
Taiwan's military conduct anti-amphibious landing drills on a beach near Taipei in a simulated Chinese attack on the island. The exercise is part of Taiwan's week-long massive wargames as Beijing ramps up military and political pressures on the island. IMAGES
Images of Monastiraki square in Athens near the Acropolis, as the country wilts under a heatwave. The Athens Acropolis, Greece's top tourist attraction, will be closed during the hottest hours of the day, the culture minister announced. IMAGES
One person died during a highway pile-up involving hundreds of vehicles in central China, state media reported Wednesday. Aerial pictures show chaotic scenes with hundreds of passenger cars, vans and lorries -- many of which had smashed into one another -- piled up on a section of the highway. IMAGES
Locals in Beijing are seen queueing at a clinic at a designated Covid hospital in Beijing's Chaoyang district, as officials warn of a rapid spread in the capital after the country abruptly dropped its zero-tolerance policy. The top health body of the country said on Wednesday that the true scale of Covid-19 infections is now "impossible" to track. IMAGES
As the UK breaches 40C temperature for the first time, people from all over the country descend on the southern city of Brighton, where they sunbathe in the extreme heat and take a dip in the Channel despite temperature warnings issued nationwide. IMAGES
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