Iran closes public services due to heatwave – Water reservoirs at unusually low levels
At least 15 of the country's 31 provinces will have their services closed or with reduced hours in order to reduce electricity and water consumption
Record-breaking temperature in Turkey – 50.5 degrees celsius recorded in Silopi
All-time record in the neighbouring country
The recent wave of extreme temperatures in Europe may have claimed the lives of 2,300 people
1,500 of these deaths would not have occurred if it were not for climate change, according to research by scientists at Imperial College London