All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week

Washington: From the normally mild summers of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week.

The sun peaks around the Washington Monument as geese
 float down the Potomac River in Washington as a hot day breaks on Sunday.

Large areas of heat pressure or heat domes scattered around the hemisphere led to the sweltering temperatures. No single record, in isolation, can be attributed to global warming. But collectively, these heat records are consistent with the kind of extremes we expect to see increase in a warming world.

Let's take a tour around the world of the recent hot-weather milestones.

Read the story by Jason Samenow from The Age - “All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week.”