The heatwave - from Tokyo to Sweden

A woman uses a portable fan to cool herself in Tokyo. The "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials. / AFP

A bear licks ice to cool off at the "Bioparco" during a heat wave in Rome. / AFP

Elderly from a care center enjoy a summer party arranged as a refreshing treat for the residents because of the ongoing heat in Rotterdam. / AFP

Bathers crowd at the Baltic Sea beach of Timmendorfer Strand, northern Germany. / AFP

People cool themselves at the Fontaine du Trocadero in front of The Eiffel Tower in Paris. / AFP

People laz in the sun at Tantolunden bathing place, in central Stockholm, Sweden. / AFP

Sunbathers relax on Hampstead Heath in London. / AFP PHOTO

Children are playing with water jets at the Parc Andre Citroen on July 26, 2018, in Paris. / AFP PHOTO

Salvadorean Samuel Fuentes, a farmer who lost his crops because of the drought, checks his corn field in the town of Usulutan, 110 km southeast from San Salvador, El Salvador. / AFP PHOTO