FILE – In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020 file photo, a boy stands on the shore of the Ganges River during a
hot summer day in Prayagraj, India. Earth’s temperature spiked to tie a record high for May, the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Friday, June 12, 2020. The global land
temperature was the hottest for May on record. The heat was especially extreme in Siberia, Alaska, Asia,
along the equator, the Southern Hemisphere and parts of the Northern Pacific Ocean.