A girl splashes her face with water during a heat wave in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 8. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Earth is on track to experience another record-breaking summer, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits around the globe.
In the U.S., over 140 million people were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings on Wednesday. Temperatures broke records in the Western region of the U.S., climbing to 120-plus degrees Fahrenheit in places like Las Vegas and California’s Death Valley National Park.
At least seven people have died from heat-related illnesses, including five in Portland, Ore.
In New York, a bridge connecting Manhattan to the Bronx borough became stuck open on Monday when the bridge's metal became overheated, causing it to swell. Firefighters pumped water onto the bridge to try to cool it down.
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People and animals in other parts of the world like Tokyo, the Czech Republic and Mexico are trying to beat the extreme heat of 90 degrees Fahrenheit, taking shelter in cooler places and taking advantage of shade, and nearby mist showers, water fountains and piles of ice for zoo-dwelling polar bears.
And if you feel like heat waves are lasting longer than they used to, you’re right.
The global temperature in June hit a record high for the 13th straight month.
Here’s a look at how people and animals around the world are trying to beat the extreme heat.
A polar bear cools down in ice that was brought to its enclosure on a hot and sunny day at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 10. (Petr David Josek/AP)
A man in Mexicali, Mexico, tries to stay hydrated by drinking water during a heat wave on July 4. (Victor Medina/Reuters)
Tourists take photos at an unofficial thermometer at Furnace Creek Visitor Center at Death Valley National Park in California on July 9. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Visitors walk near a "Stop: Extreme Heat Danger" sign at the Badwater Basin salt flats in Death Valley National Park on July 9. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Tourists cool down under a mist shower on Monday in central Tokyo, where temperatures have topped 95 degrees Fahrenheit. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)
A temperature reading via the World's Tallest Thermometer landmark in Baker, Calif., registers higher than 125 degrees Fahrenheit during a heat wave on July 7. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
Tourists along Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong use umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun on July 8. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)
A pedestrian cools his head at a public water tap on a street in Podgorica on July 9 as temperatures in Montenegro's capital have reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit. (Savo Prelevic/AFP via Getty Images)
A young girl plays in the fountain in Belgrade, Serbia, on July 8, amid a heat wave. (Oliver Bunic/AFP via Getty Images)
A man takes a break under a cooling mist on Tuesday as the Japanese government issued a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
A dog swims in a fountain to try to cool down amid a heat wave Tuesday in Zagreb, Croatia. (Damir Sencar/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman walks past a mist shower in central Tokyo on July 9. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)
A sign reading "Heat Kills!" is seen during a long-duration California heat wave on July 8 in Death Valley National Park in California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Eleven people were killed after a mudslide hit a house in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the region, state media said. Elsewhere in China, a delivery person on a scooter was killed Saturday after being hit by a falling tree in Shanghai, apparently because of storm-related winds, according to The Paper, a digital news outlet. The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Thursday.
Thousands of firefighters battling a huge wildfire in northern California received some help from the weather hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles.
Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles. The blaze was one of several tearing through the western United States and Canada, fueled by wind and heat. Cooler temperatures and an increase in humidity could help slow the Park Fire, the largest this year in California.
Tropical storm Gaemi brought rain to central China on Saturday as it moved inland after making landfall at typhoon strength on the country's east coast Thursday night. The storm felled trees, flooded streets and damaged crops in China but there were no reports of casualties or major damage. Eight people died in Taiwan, which Gaemi crossed at typhoon strength before heading over open waters to China.
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