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A heatwave gripped India and a landfill site burned on the capital's outskirts after the hottest March on record, as extreme heat scorched large swathes of south Asia this week.
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A girl selling water uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she waits for customers on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 27. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
People bathe with water leaking from broken pipe valve, to cool off during hot weather in Kolkata, India, April 19. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
A man rides his cycle past inflatable pools kept for sale on a road, on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 26. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A woman uses her bag to protect herself from the sun, on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 27. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A man ties an air cooler on a bicycle at a market, on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, April 11. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Residential buildings are seen engulfed in smoke that blew from the burning garbage following a fire Bhalswa landfill site in New Delhi, India, April 29. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Boys cool themselves in a pool of water near a highway on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 13. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A man drinks water from a bottle that he took out from a fridge installed by a local resident alongside a road to distribute cold water for passers-by for free, during hot weather in Kolkata, India, April 26. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
A man rides a cycle with his face fully covered, on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 26. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A man takes shelter under a tree on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 27. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A woman holds onto air coolers while transporting them in an e-rickshaw, at a market on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 11. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Men fill water in cans, using hose pipes from a shop, which will be sold to customers, on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 26. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
People cool off with water leaking from a broken pipe valve during hot weather in Kolkata, India, April 19. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
A man transports slabs of ice near an air cooler market on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 11. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A man bathes with a pipe connected to the valve of a water supply pipe, to cool off during hot weather in Kolkata, India, April 19. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
An excavator tries to contain the fire as smoke billows from burning garbage on a hot summer day, at the Bhalswa landfill site in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi