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Hot weather: Kelantan govt urges athletes, people to limit outdoor activities

"When heat stroke happens, the kidneys, liver, and brain will be shutting down. Swilling, drowsiness, clumsiness, convulsions—it exposes patients to death," Public health expert Dr Hanafiah Bashirun Picture for illustration purpose only.

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A pedestrian shades herself from sunshine with a face mask in Bangkok, Thailand, April 19. Thailand experienced continuous high temperature recently, with the highest temperature in many provinces exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. The Ministry of Public Health of Thailand reminded the public to reduce outdoor activities. - Pic: XINHUA

A woman walks with bags of bread along a street in Khartoum on April 18,. - Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on April 18, the fourth day of fighting that has claimed nearly 200 lives despite growing international calls for an end to hostilities that have spawned increasing lawlessness. Thousands of residents on Wednesday fled Sudan's capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting between the army and paramilitaries after a 24-hour truce failed to take hold. - Pic: AFP

In this photograph taken on April 16,, people gather to attend an award ceremony on the outskirts of Mumbai. - Heatstroke killed 11 people in India after an estimated million spectators waited for hours in the sun at a government-sponsored awards ceremony, officials said as early summer temperatures soared. - Pic: AFP)

People flee from southern Khartoum on April 18, as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals rages for a fourth day, despite growing international calls for an end to hostilities. - AFP

This photograph taken on March 30 shows a forest fire in Nakhon Nayok province, northeast of Bangkok. Authorities in the Northern city of Chiang Mai today urged residents to stay indoors as air pollution reached hazardous levels. - Pic: AFP

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The city was one of the last places in the world to require face coverings in virtually all public settings, with everyone over the age of two required to wear one or face a fine of up to HK$10,000 ($1,275).