These Photos Show How Brutal The Temperatures Are Across The US, Europe, And Asia Right Now

Dangerous and deadly record-breaking heat continues to affect millions of Americans across the South, Southwest, and Western US, as almost one-third of Americans are under heat alerts.

Parts of Europe and Asia are also facing brutal heat, and China has just broken its high-temperature record after it reached 52.2°C (125.96°F) in Sanbao.

Here's how people are dealing with these extreme temperatures:

1.A person sticks their head in a fountain at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy:

2.Tourists crowd a beach in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China:

3.A man hoses himself off in Naples, Italy:

4.People stand in the shade in Venice, Italy:

5.A person in a cooling center watches the weather in Phoenix, Arizona:

6.People in a restaurant are refreshed by a fan spraying nebulized water in Rome, Italy:

7.A woman fills her water bottle at the Barcaccia Fountain in Rome, Italy:

8.A woman lies down on Mondello beach in Palermo, Italy:

9.Tourists gather under umbrellas in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy:

10.A person wears a facekini at the beach in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China:

11.People line up at a water fountain in downtown Rome, Italy:

12.The First Congregational United Church of Christ provides a place to cool down in Phoenix, Arizona:

13.People sit in the ocean in Naples, Italy:

14.A woman hands out ice-cold bandanas in Austin, Texas:

15.A cyclist wears protective clothing in Beijing, China:

16.Tourists sit in the shade near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy:

17.Volunteers hand out water in Athens, Greece:

18.A man carries spray bottles full of water in Rome, Italy:

19.A tourist floats on an inflatable flamingo at Gold Sands Beach in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China:

20.Tourists are cooled off by a fan in Rome, Italy:

21.A woman shades herself from the sun in Shanghai, China:

22.A man selling refreshments pours water over his head in Houston, Texas:

23.A woman uses multiple fans to stay cool in Shanghai, China:

24.Lastly, people dip their toes in a shallow pool in Beijing, China: