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Thursday

Family members survey their home destroyed by Hurricane Beryl, in Ottley Hall, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Tuesday. Beryl is the most powerful storm to form this early in the Atlantic hurricane season. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

A boat crosses Lake Oroville with a smoldering hillside behind as the Thompson Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday. An extended heatwave blanketing Northern California has resulted in red flag fire warnings and power shutoffs. Noah Berger/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquified natural gas won approval from a federal commission on June 27, 2024, although when the southwest Louisiana project will be completed remains unclear. Martha Irvine/AP hide caption

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Thursday

Cows graze in a field in Luncavita, Romania, in this file photo. Denmark will impose cattle farmers with a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions starting in 2030, claiming it will be the first country to do so in a move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from each of its cows. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

President Joe Biden speaks at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Va. Biden announced $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving low- and middle-income communities and an expansion of the American Climate Corps green jobs training program. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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Biden has taken more action on climate than any president. But you might not know it

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Tuesday

A tornado is seen near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday. More severe weather was forecast to move into the region, potentially bringing large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes in parts of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service. Nick Rohlman/The Gazette/AP hide caption

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A man uses an umbrella at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump on June 9 in Las Vegas, where temperatures climbed above 100 degrees. Ian Maule/AFP via Getty hide caption

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COPLEY TRUMP TABLESETTER

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Heavy rains cause high water levels at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minn., on Monday, June 24, 2024. Officials say the dam is threatened with “imminent failure.” Mark Vancleave/AP hide caption

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Sunday

Wilmer Vasquez was a gregarious extrovert. "He was very outgoing person," remembers his ex-girlfriend Rose Carvajal. He died in 2023 at just 29 years old after working outside as a roofer in record-breaking August heat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rose Carvajal hide caption

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Rose Carvajal

Extreme heat contributed to his brother’s death. He worries he could be next

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Saturday

Friday

A man affected by the scorching heat is helped by another Muslim pilgrim and a police officer during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 16. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj to Mecca

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Warehouses in California can get dangerously hot. The state just passed a rule protecting people who work indoors in industries like warehousing, restaurants or manufacturing from excessive heat. Virginie Goubier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

A rainbow appears behind a flooded neighborhood in Jamaica Beach, Texas, on Thursday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America hide caption

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