Over the past week, more than 1,100 people have been killed by extreme heat in India. Temperatures reading more than 113 degrees Fahrenheit have reportedly melted asphalt, and taken a severe toll on the working class without access to air conditioning.
- An Indian man rests inside a concrete pipe during the heat wave in Hyderabad, India on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: MAHESH KUMAR A./ASSOCIATED PRESS
- An Indian commuter uses the train water pipes to cool down at a railway station in Allahabad.IMAGE: PRABHAT KUMAR VERMA/PACIFIC PRESS/LIGHTROCKET/GETTY IMAGES
- Young boys dive into a water tank on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: SAURABH DAS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Heat created a rippled mirage at Rajpath during a hot weather day on May 24, 2015 in New Delhi, India.IMAGE: VIPIN KUMAR/HINDUSTAN TIMES/GETTY IMAGES
- An Indian worker uses a rickshaw to transport ice from an ice factory in Amritsar on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: NARINDER NANU/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
- An Indian man cools his buffaloes at River Ganga during a hot day in Allahabad on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: RITESH SHUKLA/NURPHOTO/CORBIS
- A laborer takes a drink as he works in a brick kiln during the heat wave in Ghasera on the outskirts of New Delhi, India on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: SAURABH DAS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
- An Indian roadside food vendor sets up his cart inside a concrete pipe in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
- An indian fisherman catches fish in River Ganga during a hot day in Allahabad on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: RITESH SHUKLA/NURPHOTO/CORBIS
- An Indian passenger sprays himself with cool water beside rail tracks at a railway station in Jammu, India on May 25, 2015.IMAGE: CHANNI ANAND/ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Pigeons fly over a traffic signal near the Indian Presidential Palace during a brief dust storm in New Delhi, India on May 19, 2015. During the continuing heat wave, many parts of northern Indian witnessed a brief storm on Tuesday bringing temporary relief from the heat.IMAGE: ALTAF QADRI/ASSOCIATED PRESS
- A laborer fetches drinking water on a trolley used to haul bricks at a brick kiln on a hot summer day in Ghasera on the outskirts of New Delhi, India on May 27, 2015.IMAGE: SAURABH DAS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Source :Mashable
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