Showroom bonus: A father letting his son sleep on a bed in an Ikea store in downtown Shanghai to escape the intense summer heat. — AFP
Shanghai: Shanghai sweltered under a new record high of 40.9°C, authorities said as they issued a weather “red alert” over a stubborn heat wave that has plagued much of the country.
Hospitals in the city have reported increased numbers of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, according to state media, and the Shanghai zoo said it was putting large blocks of ice into some animal enclosures to help them beat the heat, while providing frozen apples to its pandas.
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