India and Pakistan’s heat wave in pictures

Scientists say climate change is making them harsher and more frequent across South Asia

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People cover their faces during heat waves in Mumbai, India. Millions sweltered in a dangerous summer heatwave across India and Pakistan, leading to power and water shortages as annual furnace-like temperatures hit South Asia.
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People cool off at a swimming pool during a hot summer day in Lahore. The plain areas will remain under the grip of severe heatwave conditions, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). However, gusty/dust raising winds are likely in the country's southern and central plain districts.
AFP
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Women enjoy themselves at a water park on a hot summer day in Bhopal. Maximum temperatures in some parts of the country touched 47 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said in a statement.
ANI
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Some parts of the country clocked record-high average temperatures for March and heatwaves in April. Above, tourists cover themselves to protect themselves from the heat at the Taj Mahal in Agra.
ANI
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Women cover their faces with scarves to protect themselves from the sun while riding a scooter in Gurugram.
ANI
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Boys cool themselves in a swimming pool in Lahore.
AFP
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A woman covers her child's head to protect him from the sun in New Delhi.
ANI
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Visitors cool themselves to get respite from the heat at a water park on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
AFP
9/13
The weather condition will exacerbate India’s power crisis as demand for air conditioners surges when power plants face acute coal shortages.
AFP
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A white tiger swims in a creek inside the enclosure in Lahore. Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country; light rain-wind and thunderstorms may occur at isolated places in Gilgit-Baltistan.
AFP
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A man buys earthen pots used to keep drinking water cool at a pavement in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi.
Bloomberg
12/13
An elephant takes a shower inside the enclosure at Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai.
AFP
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India is likely to get some respite from June with the arrival of the monsoon. The country is forecast to receive normal showers for a fourth year during the June-September rainy season.
ANI

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