A woman with a hat cools off with a cold bottle of water on the Seine riverside with the Paris commercial court (L) and the Conciergerie buildings and the Pont Notre Dame in the background as France experiences a heat wave in Paris, France, on June 21, 2026. The climb of the thermometer continues in France as Météo-France has placed 35 départements on red heatwave alert for June 21, 2026, a record figure that includes 26 million French people, already knocked out on June 20 by the stifling heat. (Photo by ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP)