A heat wave in India has already claimed more than 1,800 lives and the Met department has warned that the conditions will continue for two more days. The sweltering heat wave conditions has prevailed in several states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
May and June are India's hottest months, with temperatures regularly pushing above 40 Celsius. But meteorologists say the number of days when temperatures approach 45 Celsius has increased in the past 15 years.
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A woman walks along the road with her face covered to protect herself from sun stroke on a hot summer day in Chandigarh. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters
A customer stands beside stacked air coolers kept for sale at a shop on a hot summer day in New Delhi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
A man sleeps under the shade of a tree on a hot summer day at a public park in New Delhi. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
A labourer takes a nap in a basket at a wholesale vegetable market on a hot summer day in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
A vendor sleeps on his ice-cream handcart on a hot summer day in Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
Men sleep on a temporary shade built over a drain next to a slum on a hot summer day in New Delhi. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
Boys jump into the waters of the Sabarmati river to cool off themselves on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman sleeps at a railway station on a hot summer day in Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
A vendor sleeps next to stacked cartons of air coolers kept for sale at a shop on a hot summer day in New Delhi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Buffaloes sit in a lake on a hot summer day near Ajmer. Photograph: Himanshu Sharma/Reuters
A passenger sleeps along with her children at a railway station on a hot summer day in Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
Sheep cross a parched area of a dried-up pond on a hot summer day on the outskirts of New Delhi. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
