Climate and Environment

Photos of Western Europeans coping with the year’s first heat wave

A spectator uses fan to keep cool in the stands during the match of the Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A spectator uses fan to keep cool in the stands during the match of the Queen’s Club Championships tennis tournament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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The first heat wave of the year is hitting many parts of Western Europe, especially in the U.K. and France, where officials have issued health warnings.

People are covering up, using hand-held fans and seeking shade, or going for dips in the ocean and in fountains.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Dogs bathe in the Seine river as temperature rose up to 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Dogs bathe in the Seine river as temperature rose up to 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A man writes in the shade of a tree during high temperatures in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A man writes in the shade of a tree during high temperatures in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
With temperatures soaring people swim in the harbour near the Maritime Museum, rear, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

With temperatures soaring people swim in the harbour near the Maritime Museum, rear, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
A spectator covers her face to keep cool in the stands during the match of the Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A spectator covers her face to keep cool in the stands during the match of the Queen’s Club Championships tennis tournament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
A public pools is located at the edge of a forest of the Taurus region in Neu-Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A public pools is located at the edge of a forest of the Taurus region in Neu-Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The summer heat creates an optical effect as tourists stand at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The summer heat creates an optical effect as tourists stand at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Swimmers cool off during high temperatures on a beach in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Swimmers cool off during high temperatures on a beach in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A child plays in a fountain in London, as a heatwave passes through the capital, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A child plays in a fountain in London, as a heatwave passes through the capital, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Tourist shelter from the hot sun in front of the Duomo gothic cathedral, in Milan, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Tourist shelter from the hot sun in front of the Duomo gothic cathedral, in Milan, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Walkers cool off as they walk through a water feature spraying a fine mist in Dover, England, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Walkers cool off as they walk through a water feature spraying a fine mist in Dover, England, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)