A villager herds a flock of sheep on a dried-up reservoir bed Thursday in Jinning, Kunming in Southwest China’s Yunnan province. Drought in Yunnan affected more than 872,000 people in the first quarter of this year, according to data from the Department of Emergency Management of Yunnan Province. Photo: VCG

A giant panda cools off on an ice block Saturday in Guangzhou’s Chimelong Safari Park in South China’s Guangdong province. Photo: Chen Jimin/China News Service, VCG

Commuters walk through an overpass Wednesday in Guangzhou. On Tuesday, the city broke the record for its highest temperature in May with a peak of 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit). Photo: VCG

The temperature in Shanghai reaches 34 C at 12:47 p.m. Monday. The city issued this year’s first yellow alert (an early warning) for high temperatures that day. Photo: VCG

A rider shades their eyes from the sun on Monday in Nanning, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The city’s meteorological observatory issued an orange alert for high temperatures on Tuesday, while forecasting that temperatures could surpass 37 C for the next three days. Photo: Chen Guanyan/China News Service, VCG

A man crosses the drying bed of the Koparli dam on Friday in India in Peth Taluka village, Maharashtra. The state is facing a severe water crisis, with less than 10% of water available in 13 essential reservoirs. Photo: Ritesh Shukla/VCG

The Sau reservoir in northern Barcelona, Spain dried up on April 18. Spain received 28% less rain than expected from October 2022 to mid-May, according to the nation’s meteorological agency. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/VCG

The dry weather turned the fields at Majaz al Bab in central Tunisia yellow on May 6. Photo: Yassine Gaidi/VCG