Last month was the fifth hottest May on record 

Indians sleep on the roof of a house to beat the heat in New Delhi, India.

Last month was the joint fifth hottest May on record across the globe, with temperatures breaking records in the southwest of Europe, India, and Pakistan.

The European Commission-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service said that last month joined May 2018 and 2021 in the unenviable fifth place as the world warms due to climate change.