A dangerous heat wave has been scorching parts of the Midwest and Northeast United States this week.
Record-breaking high temperatures were forecast across dozens of cities.
Heat domes, such as the one fueling this week’s intense conditions, trap air in place and bake it with abundant sunshine for days on end, making each day hotter than the last. The oven-like conditions mean overnight temperatures often don’t cool down enough to offer relief for overheated bodies, posing increased risks for heat-related illness.
Parts of the Midwest to the Northeast could endure the longest heat wave they’ve seen in decades, the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said. Scientists have warned that heat waves will become increasingly severe as the climate crisis intensifies.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.
![Firefighters work against the advancing Post Fire in Gorman, California, on Sunday, June 16. The wildfire <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/us/los-angeles-post-fire/index.html">forced the evacuations of hundreds of people from a state park</a>, authorities said, and it had <a href="https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/6/15/post-fire" target="_blank">burned more than 15,000 acres</a> as of Thursday.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/02-02-ap24168305195600.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Texas State Trooper Guadalupe Casarez questions a migrant from El Salvador after she and others crossed into the United States from Mexico on Thursday, June 13.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/03-03-2024-06-13t164605z-314324713-rc2ba8afdpmc-rtrmadp-3-migration-usa.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Sarai Howard Johnson, Zamirah Chadwick and Sydnee Littleton, from the Self Enhancement Inc. dance group, pose before performing at the 8 Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, June 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/04-usatsi-23567104.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony for Putin in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, June 19. During Putin’s rare visit to the reclusive state, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/asia/north-korea-russia-putin-visit-thursday-intl-hnk/index.html">he said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,”</a> pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2024-06-19t051910z-1341663741-rc25e8a7jchn-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-russia.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum lifts his son, Deuce, after the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/17/sport/nba-finals-celtics-mavericks-game-5-spt-intl/index.html">Celtics won the NBA championship</a> on Monday, June 17. The Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks in five games to secure their league-record 18th title.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/06-gettyimages-2157525993.jpg?q=w_888,c_fill)
![French President Emmanuel Macron is reflected in a person’s glasses on Tuesday, June 18, after a ceremony on the island of Île de Sein paid homage to residents who left the island to join World War II in 1940.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/08-09-ap24170639278819.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![A photo of baseball great Willie Mays is displayed on the Wrigley Field video board in Chicago on Tuesday, June 18. Mays, a Hall of Famer who shined in all facets of the game and made a dramatic catch in the 1954 World Series, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/sport/willie-mays-dies/index.html">died Tuesday</a> at the age of 93. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/us/gallery/willie-mays-life-in-pictures/index.html">See his life in pictures</a>.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/09-gettyimages-2158184815.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, center top, perform with other cast members from the “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club" during the Tony Awards in New York on Sunday, June 16. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/entertainment/gallery/the-best-photos-from-the-2024-tony-awards/index.html">See the best photos from the show</a>.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/07-07-gettyimages-2157892631.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Palestinians perform Eid al-Adha morning prayers in the courtyard of Gaza City’s historic Omari Mosque on Sunday, June 16. The mosque was damaged by Israeli bombardment in Gaza.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/10-08-gettyimages-2157174106a.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Bryson DeChambeau reacts on the 18th green after he made a putt to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/sport/bryson-dechambeau-us-open-win-2024-spt-intl/index.html">win the US Open</a> on Sunday, June 16. DeChambeau held off Rory McIlroy in a nerve-shredding finale at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It is his second US Open title.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/11-10-gettyimages-2157878132.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![In this screengrab taken from video, environmental protesters spray Stonehenge with orange powder paint in Wiltshire, England, on Wednesday, June 19. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/travel/protesters-spray-stonehenge-paint-gbr-scli-intl/index.html">The paint has since been removed</a>, leaving “no visible damage,” according to the organization that manages the site.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/12-11-2024-06-19t143707z-180468426-rc2ee8a6xaka-rtrmadp-3-britain-environment-protest-stonehenge.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![People who lost family members in plane crashes hold up photos of their loved ones as Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun leaves a US Senate hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 18. During the hearing, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/boeing-ceo-testify-senate#h_5e3e56bf8ea086a1a84a4fe0008ae17c">Calhoun faced bipartisan criticism</a> against the company’s safety, transparency and quality standards. He acknowledged that the company had retaliated against employees who have raised safety concerns, and before his opening remarks he turned to victims’ family members and apologized.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/13-12-gettyimages-2157615643.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Mariah Denigan swims the 1,500-meter freestyle at the US Olympic Team Swimming Trials on Tuesday, June 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/14-13-2024-06-18t201817z-1329210020-mt1usatoday23574643-rtrmadp-3-swimming-u-s-olympic-team-trials-swimming.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Clouds hover over the Andes Mountains in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday, June 19.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/15-14-ap24171852382949.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Blacksmiths sharpen knives at a shop in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday, June 14, ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/16-xx-gettyimages-2156877638.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Catherine, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/europe/gallery/catherine-princess-of-wales/index.html">Princess of Wales</a>, rides the Glass State Coach in London during the annual Trooping the Colour parade on Saturday, June 15. She also joined other British royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in what was <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/15/uk/trooping-the-colour-princess-kate-intl-scli-gbr/index.html">her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer</a>. A day earlier, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/uk/catherine-princess-of-wales-cancer-update-appearance-gbr-intl/index.html">she said she was making “good progress” in her recovery</a> but expected her treatment to last for a few more months.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/17-16-gettyimages-2157014578.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Artillerymen from Ukraine fire a mortar toward Russian troops near the village of Lyptsi in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Wednesday, June 19.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/18-35-2024-06-19t120828z-1308266175-rc21e8akkbz4-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-kharkiv-region.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Palestinians walk out of rubble covered in dust after an Israeli attack in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Friday, June 14.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/19-gettyimages-21568572511.jpg?q=w_888,c_fill)
![Spain’s Dani Olmo dribbles the ball against Croatia during a Euro 2024 match in Berlin on Saturday, June 15. The monthlong tournament began the day before.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20-gettyimages-2157786172.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![An actor performs in the production "Maltese Fantasy Characters" during the Malta International Arts Festival in Vittoriosa, Malta, also known as Birgu, on Sunday, June 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/21-xx-2024-06-17t122923z-198460233-rc2kc8arexng-rtrmadp-3-malta-culture.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Muslims taking part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage gather at the Mount of Mercy, on the plain of Arafat outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, June 15.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/22-20-2024-06-15t053641z-949378682-rc2gb8assfjd-rtrmadp-3-saudi-haj.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![A supporter of former US President Donald Trump waits to enter the West Palm Convention Center for a campaign rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, June 14.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/23-21-gettyimages-2156935536.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Ukrainian service members watch the Euro 2024 match between Romania and Ukraine near the front lines of their war with Russia on Monday, June 17.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/24-27-2024-06-17t135654z-2106468862-rc21d8a7l5xl-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-front-soccer.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![A reveler wears rainbow-colored makeup during the Pride March in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Sunday, June 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/25-23-gettyimages-2157355987.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Actress Brooke Shields <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/style/brooke-shields-crocs-tony-awards-red-carpet/index.html">wears Crocs to the Tony Awards</a> in New York on Sunday, June 16. She had foot surgery several days before the event. “Broadway gave me these broken feet, and now I’m fixing them,” the actor <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cbsnews/reel/C8S-wvpIcG0/" target="_blank">told</a> CBS.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/26-24-gettyimages-2157869210.jpg?q=w_888,c_fill)
![People watch on Friday, June 14, as crews begin to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/us/parkland-demolish-stoneman-douglas-high-school-shooting/index.html">demolish the building</a> where 17 people were killed during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/27-15-gettyimages-2156881851.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![A racegoer uses binoculars on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse races in Ascot, England, on Tuesday, June 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/28-25-gettyimages-2157599395.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![A man dives into the Bosphorus during a hot day in Istanbul on Thursday, June 13.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/29-xx-ap24165675545175.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Kimberly Nobille cries in Rio de Janeiro while attending a protest against an anti-abortion bill in Brazil’s Congress on Thursday, June 13.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/30-31-ap24166017017383.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Pope Francis meets with Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon and other comedians during a cultural event at the Vatican on Friday, June 14. “You unite people, because laughter is contagious,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/europe/pope-comedians-vatican-intl-hnk/index.html">the Pope told the comedians</a>, adding that he has prayed for 40 years for a good sense of humor. He added: “You manage to make people smile even while dealing with problems and events, large and small. You denounce abuses of power; you give voice to forgotten situations; you highlight abuses; you point out inappropriate behavior.”](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/31-30-2024-06-14t092831z-1016475664-rc2va8arpmtc-rtrmadp-3-pope-comedians.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Germany's Jamal Musiala, in white on the right, scores a goal against Scotland during the opening match of Euro 2024 on Friday, June 14. Germany, the host nation, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/sport/germany-scotland-euro-2024-spt-intl/index.html">won 5-1</a>.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/32-22-ap24166727515876.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![Chappell Roan performs during the Kentucky Pride Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, June 15.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/33-gettyimages-2157780664.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
![A Ukrainian serviceman kisses his partner after she arrived by train in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Saturday, June 15. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/world/gallery/photos-this-week-june-6-june-13/index.html">See last week in 38 photos</a>.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/34-18-gettyimages-2157080960.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)