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The intense heatwave also provoked wildfires that charred 45,467 hectares of land. - AFP Photo

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and clean energy at Brayton Point Power Station on July 20, 2022 in Somerset, Massachusetts. - (Photo by SCOTT EISEN / AFP)

Spain was gripped by a heatwave affecting much of Western Europe which pushed temperatures as high as 45 degrees Celsius. Photo: 123RF

A forest fire in Louchats, south-western France on July 17, 2022. - (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP)

Temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius in southern and southwestern Spain, 40 degrees Celsius for the rest of the country. - 123RF Photo

People look out toward the Old Royal Naval College, and the Canary Wharf financial district, past the sun-scorched grass in Greenwich Park, south east London on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)

Droughts and forest fires have hit Spain and Portugal and the scorching heat has spread to France and the UK.

Russia and Ukraine together account for almost a quarter of the global wheat supply but their ongoing war has disrupted the supply chain and caused a worldwide shortage.

(220703) -- MARMOLADA GLACIER, July 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by Italy's Alpine Rescue on July 3, 2022 shows a general view of Marmolada Glacier in northern Italy. At least six people were dead and more than a dozen were missing Sunday after a glacial ice shelf collapsed amid higher-than-usual temperatures in northern Italy. (Italy's Alpine Rescue/Handout via Xinhua)

The Tokyo area is facing power crunch warnings amid unseasonably high temperatures. - AFP