A girl jumps into a swimming pool in Essen, western Germany as temperatures topped 36 degrees Celsius. Europeans are set to bake in what forecasters are warning will likely be record-breaking temperatures for June with the mercury set to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as summer kicks in on the back of a wave of hot air from North Africa. AFP
Youth enjoy the evening on lake Walensee in Walenstadt, Switzerland. EPA
Children play in a fountain during a hot summer day, in Madrid, Spain. EPA
People make their way in peddal boats on the Old Danube (Alte Donnau), a subsidiary of the Danube river, in Vienna, Austria. AFP
A woman uses a stand up paddle (SUP) on the Old Danube (Alte Donnau), a subsidiary of the Danube river, in Vienna, Austria. AFP
A young boy cools off in a fountain during a hot summer day, in Pamplona, northern Spain. AP
Boys jump in the water at the Snail on Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA
A woman cools off in a fountain in Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia. AP
Children play in a fountain during a hot summer day, in Madrid, Spain. EPA
A man sits in a roofed wicker beach chair on the beach in Cuxhaven, northern Germany. AFP
Matthias, 10, who is visiting Berlin with his family from Denmark, cools off at a fountain in the city centre in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images
An aerial image taken with a drone shows people enjoying the evening on the shore of lake Walensee in Walenstadt, Switzerland. The country was hit by a heatwave with temperatures up to 39 degrees Celsius. EPA
Youth enjoy the evening on lake Walensee in Walenstadt, Switzerland. The country was hit by a heatwave with temperatures up to 39 degrees Celsius. EPA
A woman drinks water during sunset, as a heatwave hits France, in Cagnicourt near Cambrai, France. Reuters
A girl cools down in the fountains of Trocadero, across from the Eiffel Tower, during a heatwave in Paris, France. According to forecast, the temperatures should rise to almost 40 degrees Celsius in the coming days. EPA
A child swims in the fountain of the Trocadero esplanade in Paris with the Palais de Chaillot on the background. Forecasters say Europeans will feel sizzling heat this week with temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in an "unprecedented" June heatwave hitting much of Western Europe. AFP
People cool themselves down in the fountain of the Trocadero esplanade in Paris with the Eiffel Tower on the background. Forecasters say Europeans will feel sizzling heat this week with temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in an "unprecedented" June heatwave hitting much of Western Europe. AFP
Tourists shelter from the sun with umbrellas in front of the Colosseum in Rome during a heatwave. Meteorologists blamed a blast of torrid air from the Sahara for the unusually early summer heatwave, which could send thermometers up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) across large swathes of the continent. AFP
Nuns stand in the shadow of an umbrella and use a fan to protect from the heat on a hot summer day before attending the Pope's weekly general audience at Saint Peter's square at the Vatican. AFP
A member of the clergy holds an umbrella ahead of the general audience in St Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Reuters
People brave heat to attend the general audience in St Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Reuters
A girl jumps into a swimming pool in Essen, western Germany as temperatures topped 36 degrees Celsius. Europeans are set to bake in what forecasters are warning will likely be record-breaking temperatures for June with the mercury set to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as summer kicks in on the back of a wave of hot air from North Africa. AFP
Youth enjoy the evening on lake Walensee in Walenstadt, Switzerland. EPA
Children play in a fountain during a hot summer day, in Madrid, Spain. EPA
People make their way in peddal boats on the Old Danube (Alte Donnau), a subsidiary of the Danube river, in Vienna, Austria. AFP
A woman uses a stand up paddle (SUP) on the Old Danube (Alte Donnau), a subsidiary of the Danube river, in Vienna, Austria. AFP
A young boy cools off in a fountain during a hot summer day, in Pamplona, northern Spain. AP
Boys jump in the water at the Snail on Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA
A woman cools off in a fountain in Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia. AP
Children play in a fountain during a hot summer day, in Madrid, Spain. EPA
A man sits in a roofed wicker beach chair on the beach in Cuxhaven, northern Germany. AFP
Matthias, 10, who is visiting Berlin with his family from Denmark, cools off at a fountain in the city centre in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images
An aerial image taken with a drone shows people enjoying the evening on the shore of lake Walensee in Walenstadt, Switzerland. The country was hit by a heatwave with temperatures up to 39 degrees Celsius. EPA
Youth enjoy the evening on lake Walensee in Walenstadt, Switzerland. The country was hit by a heatwave with temperatures up to 39 degrees Celsius. EPA
A woman drinks water during sunset, as a heatwave hits France, in Cagnicourt near Cambrai, France. Reuters
A girl cools down in the fountains of Trocadero, across from the Eiffel Tower, during a heatwave in Paris, France. According to forecast, the temperatures should rise to almost 40 degrees Celsius in the coming days. EPA
A child swims in the fountain of the Trocadero esplanade in Paris with the Palais de Chaillot on the background. Forecasters say Europeans will feel sizzling heat this week with temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in an "unprecedented" June heatwave hitting much of Western Europe. AFP
People cool themselves down in the fountain of the Trocadero esplanade in Paris with the Eiffel Tower on the background. Forecasters say Europeans will feel sizzling heat this week with temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in an "unprecedented" June heatwave hitting much of Western Europe. AFP
Tourists shelter from the sun with umbrellas in front of the Colosseum in Rome during a heatwave. Meteorologists blamed a blast of torrid air from the Sahara for the unusually early summer heatwave, which could send thermometers up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) across large swathes of the continent. AFP
Nuns stand in the shadow of an umbrella and use a fan to protect from the heat on a hot summer day before attending the Pope's weekly general audience at Saint Peter's square at the Vatican. AFP
A member of the clergy holds an umbrella ahead of the general audience in St Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Reuters
People brave heat to attend the general audience in St Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Reuters
A girl jumps into a swimming pool in Essen, western Germany as temperatures topped 36 degrees Celsius. Europeans are set to bake in what forecasters are warning will likely be record-breaking temperatures for June with the mercury set to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as summer kicks in on the back of a wave of hot air from North Africa. AFP
