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Europe 28-06-2026 | 08:26

An early heat wave hits Europe, in photos

An intense heatwave is sweeping across Europe, pushing temperatures above 40°C in parts of Spain, Italy, and France.

An early heat wave hits Europe, in photos

A girl cools off in a public fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

A girl cools off in a public fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

A couple walks by a public fountain on a torrid day, as the National Weather forecaster issued an extreme heat code red warning for parts of the country, in the coming days in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Hundreds of people gather in a public pool in Frankfurt, Germany, on a hot Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A Fiaker horse carriage rider cools his horses on a hot summer day in the city center of Vienna, Austria, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)

Workers deliver water bottles to a restaurant next to Galata bridge on a summer day in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

People refresh in front of a water-sprinkling cannon brought by Rome's municipality to relieve tourists visiting the Colosseum and Roman Forum as temperatures reach record highs, in Rome, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

People use parasols to protect themselves from the sun as they queue outside a shop in London, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A worker drinks water as he sets up a stage for the upcoming Ironman triathlon, Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Faithful shelter from the hot sun as Pope Leo's XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A person cools off at Trocadero fountain near the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave in Paris, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Millions of people across Europe are sweltering under an early-season heat wave this week as temperatures climb to unusually high levels.