In photos: Heat warnings issued as southern Europe began a brutally hot week
Italian health officials intensified heat warnings Monday as southern Europe began a brutally hot week with temperatures expected to top 40 Celsius on a continent already sizzling under the sun and overburdened by tourists.
A woman cools off at Fontana della Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy.GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/Reuters
People walk near the Colosseum during a heat wave across Italy as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, in Rome, Italy.REMO CASILLI/Reuters
A sign that shows the temperature near the Spanish Steps in Rome during a heat wave across Italy.GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/Reuters
Tourists wait to enter the Vatican museums during a heat wave in Italy.TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images
Wildfire rages by housing in the settlement of Irini, near the resort town of Loutraki, some 80 kilometres east of Athens, Greece.VALERIE GACHE/AFP/Getty Images
A firefighting plane dumps water in the settlement of Irini, near the resort town of Loutraki, some 80 kilometres east of Athens, Greece.VALERIE GACHE/AFP/Getty Images
A woman covers herself with a scarf in Avignon, southern France.NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP/Getty Images
People walk at nearly deserted Spanish Steps due to a heat wave across Italy as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days.GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/Reuters
People cool off before entering the Colosseum during a heat wave across Italy.REMO CASILLI/Reuters
A tourist cools off at a fountain in Pristina as Kosovo is hit by a heat wave.ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images
A fountain provides some relief for a man in the centre of Zagreb, during a heat wave in Croatia.DENIS LOVROVIC/AFP/Getty Images
The empty Ban Jelacic Square in the centre of Zagreb during a heat wave in Croatia.DENIS LOVROVIC/AFP/Getty Images