In Pictures

This week’s weather in pictures

This week we saw deadly heat across Europe, and an ongoing drought in India.

This week''s weather in photos — A shepherd takes rest under a tree on a dried-up lake on the outskirts of Chennai, India. The late arrival of the monsoon and the ongoing drought have made conditions extremely difficult for residents in some parts of India. [P. Ravikumar/Reuters]

From Germany to Spain, the major weather event this week has been Europe’s ongoing heatwave.

High temperature records were broken across the continent, while several deaths were also reported.

The heatwave was also responsible for wildfires breaking out in some of the hottest and driest areas including France, Spain and Germany.

In India, the southwest monsoon still lagged approximately 10-15 days behind its normal progression.

This compounded the ongoing drought that some parts of the country were suffering from. This is India’s second-latest arrival of the monsoon on record.