While Pakistan has been hit by catastrophic flooding, Russia has endured a lethal heatwave.
Some 1,200 people have been killed in the deluges sweeping Pakistan, but in Moscow more than 30 are reported to have died in wildfires as temperatures have soared to a new record for the region of 38C (100F).
It marks out 2010 as the year of extreme weather – and experts predict the pronounced conditions will continue across the globe.
Last month alone the UK was hit by a hosepipe ban, saw tarmac melting on roads and the population was issued health warnings about the dangers of too much sun.
Yet despite the heatwave, it was also the wettest July ever recorded.
According to provisional statistics from the Met Office, the country was 46 per cent wetter than average and some areas faced devastating floods.
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