People sit in the shade of an umbrella at a beach off La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi).
Temperatures in Tunisia have hovered around the 40°C over the past week. Here, a fisherman rows past people cooling off in the Mediterranean Sea at a beach off the northern town of La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi), 12 kilometres east of Tunis.
Record high temperatures hit Tunisia on August 10, the National Meteorological Institute said, especially in the country's north and central regions.
In the capital Tunis, the temperature reached 48°C, the hottest since 1982.
The public are flocking to cool in off in the water.
The Mediterranean at La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi) offers some respite for these girls.
A UN climate panel warned on Monday that climate change was close to escalating out of control and that the world was already certain to face extreme weather disruption for decades, if not centuries, to come.
In the Mediterranean region, high temperatures over the past week have contributed to wildfires that have swept through forested parts of Greece, Turkey and Tunisia's neighbour Algeria.
Fires were also burning in some mountainous parts of western Tunisia.
Slightly lower temperatures in the low 40s were forecast across northern Tunisia on Wednesday.
People sit in the shade of an umbrella at a beach off La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi).
Temperatures in Tunisia have hovered around the 40°C over the past week. Here, a fisherman rows past people cooling off in the Mediterranean Sea at a beach off the northern town of La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi), 12 kilometres east of Tunis.
Record high temperatures hit Tunisia on August 10, the National Meteorological Institute said, especially in the country's north and central regions.
In the capital Tunis, the temperature reached 48°C, the hottest since 1982.
The public are flocking to cool in off in the water.
The Mediterranean at La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi) offers some respite for these girls.
A UN climate panel warned on Monday that climate change was close to escalating out of control and that the world was already certain to face extreme weather disruption for decades, if not centuries, to come.
In the Mediterranean region, high temperatures over the past week have contributed to wildfires that have swept through forested parts of Greece, Turkey and Tunisia's neighbour Algeria.
Fires were also burning in some mountainous parts of western Tunisia.
Slightly lower temperatures in the low 40s were forecast across northern Tunisia on Wednesday.
People sit in the shade of an umbrella at a beach off La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi).
