Climate crisis in focus on World Environment Day

A municipal worker scoops garbage that was washed down by the rising Sao Jorge river, following heavy rains inmore

A man lifts his cycle on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link during a Cycle to Save the City campaign on World Environmemore

People sleep on the Yamuna river bed under a bridge on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 2. REUTERS/more

A general view shows a boat on dry ground during low water levels at the Chebayesh marsh in Dhi Qar province, more

A waste collector climbs down while looking for recyclable materials as smoke billows from burning garbage at more

Labourers stand next to sacks of waste, collected for recycling, along the dried Lyari River, on the World Envmore

People enjoy the sunset in Vlora, Albania, May 4. REUTERS/Florion Goga

Manjhoo, 35, whose family moved to Karachi from Pakistan's southeastern desert area of Tharparkar to look for more

A girl carries balloons that she found at the Bhalswa landfill site on World Environment Day in New Delhi, Indmore

A view of the dust covered sky during a sandstorm, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 5. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Garbage that was washed down by the rising Sao Jorge river following heavy rains is pictured in Manaus, Amazonmore

A volunteer holds a hose during a wildfire near Vari, south of Athens, Greece June 4. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

A woman collects aluminum cans from the garbage that was washed down by the rising Sao Jorge river, following more

A general view shows a brick factory as smoke rises from the stacks in the town of Nahrawan in Baghdad, Iraq Jmore

Spanish divers try to cut an illegal drift net off a 12-metre-long humpback whale, who got entangled in it neamore

A vintage car breaks down in a flooded road during heavy rains in Havana, Cuba, June 3. REUTERS/Alexandre Menemore

Firefighters work to extinguish wildfires near downtown Brasilia, Brazil June 1. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Soldiers clean up mud at a house in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha, in Barra Copalita, Oaxaca state, Mexicomore

A man stands on the wreckage of a house collapsed during a landslide caused by heavy rains at Jardim Monte Vermore

Birds fly on a smoggy morning in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 27. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Workers push their motorbikes through the water at the flooded Tanjung Emas container port terminal area, follmore

A man crosses a flooded bridge, caused by heavy rains, in kwaNdengezi near Durban, South Africa, May 22. REUTmore

Waterlogged basketball courts are pictured after heavy rains in Durban, South Africa, May 22. REUTERS/Rogan Wmore

Iracema Guimaraes da Costa, a local farmer, reacts as she wades through flood waters in front of her relativesmore

A woman takes a picture of a thermometer displaying 46 degrees Celsius (114.8 degrees Fahrenheit) during an epmore

A man uses an umbrella for shade as he carries a dismantled car on a cycle rickshaw to a scrapyard on a hot wemore

A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire that broke out on the hillside next to the Griffith Observmore

The downtown sky view is pictured during a sandstorm in Manama, Bahrain, May 17. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Boys cool off under a pipe of flowing water on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 17. REUTERS/Anushremore

A helicopter drops water as it assists firefighters battling a hillside fire that burned through a neighborhoomore

Workers look after trees planted in the "green belt" area around the holy city of Karbala, trying to prevent wmore

Smoke from a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire rises above a residential area in Laguna Niguel,  California, Mmore

A vet provides medicine to an eagle after it was dehydrated due to heat at Jivdaya Charitable Trust, a non-govmore

A firefighter works to extinguish a fire in the town of Nazyvayevsk, as a state of emergency has been declaredmore

Smoke blankets the view as authorities battle the nearby Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon wildfires in Las Vegas, more

Workers use their helmets to pour water to cool themselves off near a construction site on a hot summer day onmore

An excavator tries to contain the fire as smoke billows from burning garbage on a hot summer day, at the Bhalsmore

A woman flees from the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, at the entrance of her house, in Mosmore

A child's doll is seen with debris where a body was recovered on the Mzinyathi River after heavy rains caused more

People cool off with water leaking from a broken pipe valve during hot weather in Kolkata, India, April 19. REmore

A child does a back flip onto an old mattress among the destruction caused by flooding in Umlazi near Durban, more

A person walks along Porthmeor beach during hot weather on Easter bank holiday weekend in St Ives, Britain, Apmore

People loot a shipping container which was washed away after heavy rains caused flooding, in Durban, South Afrmore

People search for items which they can salvage on the beach after heavy rains caused flooding, in Durban, Soutmore

Smoke rises from a chimney as a person crosses a bridge between the buildings of Germany's Bundestag, in Berlimore

A tourist walks through an accumulation of Sargassum algae at Gaviota Azul beach in Cancun, Mexico April 3. Rmore

An aerial view shows a man digging a pit to get water, in a dry river bed, near the village of Tata Bathily inmore

A view shows emissions from the chimneys of Yara France plant in Montoir-de-Bretagne near Saint-Nazaire, Francmore

A scavenger is seen before sorting recyclable plastic materials at the Dandora dumping site on the outskirts omore

A worker removes dead anchovies washed up on the shores of the Coliumo beach near Concepcion, Chile February 2more

A fire consumes trees and pastures in San Luis del Palmar, province of Corrientes, Argentina February 19. REUmore

An Extinction Rebellion activist, wearing a mermaid costume, takes part in a protest against climate change onmore

Cattle cross polluted waters of the river Sabarmati on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India February 16.more

Workers clean the beach near Repsol's La Pampilla refinery after the recent oil spill that has caused an ecolomore

People walk along a bridge over a polluted area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 24. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossmore