A man walks past a fountain in Strasbourg, northeastern France, July 25, 2019. Thursday is the hottest day of the intense heatwave episode in France's northern regions. Earlier, Meteo France forecasted that in the hottest part of the day, the temperatures under shelter will be between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius, very occasionally 43 degrees in certain districts of its capital. (Photo by Martin Lelievre/Xinhua)