A women tyes her hairs as a men holds an umbrella above her at the Trocadero's Human Rights square facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris where temperature rose above 30 degres celsuis as a record-breaking early heatwave scorches a swathe of western Europe on May 27, 2026. The UK and France have reported their hottest ever May days this week as a "heat dome" brought sizzling temperatures more typical of midsummer to western Europe. UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the heatwave was "a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis. "The science is clear that human-induced climate change is making these heatwaves more frequent and extreme," Stiell add in a statement. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)