A heat wave with temperatures rising well over 100 degrees in Karachi, Pakistan, has left nearly 900 people dead as of Thursday, the Associated Press reports.

Officials in India announced today that more than 2,330 people have now been killed by the country’s blistering weeks-long heatwave, CNN reports.

In southern India, where the temperatures are so high the sidewalks are melting, more than 1,300 people are now confirmed dead from the heat.

[A doctor tends to Canadian tennis player Frank Dancevic, who hallucinated the animated character Snoopy before collapsing during the 108 degree temperatures at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Temperatures have been hitting record highs all around Australia. Image by Aijaz Rahi via AP.]

A group of schoolboys have decided to protest an administrative ban on short by wearing skirts to class.

Right now, it is 93 degrees in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service. It is on its way up to an expected high of 99 degrees, which is a brutal, sweltering temperature—the crest of a severe summer heat wave.

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed what many in America had already suspected: For the lower 48 states, last month was the hottest month on record.

To illustrate just how hot it's been in Oklahoma for the past several weeks, the Oklahoma City-based NBC affiliate KFOR put up a viewer photo on its Facebook page claiming to show street lights melting in Stillwater.

It may be raining and hailing and lightning like a bitch in the Northeast right now, but save a prayer or two for our Last Frontier brethren in Anchorage, where it's currently a blazing 71 degrees.

A government climate report released yesterday confirms what we all guessed when we spent St. Patrick's Day sunning in our bikinis. Earth's hottest new club is America.

This video was uploaded to YouTube earlier today. And if I had to venture a guess, it looks like one young woman decided to beat the record-setting New York City heat by riding a Manhattan-bound D train completely naked from the waist down. No, it's not the most polite thing to do on the subway. But on a sweltering day like today, can you really blame her?

While many central and southern states have been dealing with scorching temperatures for days now, it wasn't until this week that the heat wave began spreading east and enveloped the entire country. So just how much of the country is suffering from the sweltering heat? Check out the time-lapse animation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to find out—and turn up the A/C while you're at it! [via Fark]

If I were an annoying New York doorman or the guy at the bodega who tries to make lames jokes all the time, I'd ask, "Is it hot enough out there for you?" But I won't do that. I'll just show you pictures of the street melting into a giant sink hole.

[Gripped by a record-breaking heat wave, southern Californians take refuge in the waves of Huntington Beach. Los Angeles reached its highest recorded temperature ever, 113F, this afternoon. Image via AP.]

[A girl at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois taunts Hudson the polar bear from inside an air-conditioned viewing room during an "excessive heat warning" for the area. At least he has a swimming pool! Image via Getty]

[Hungary is in the midst of a heat wave, prompting the government to issue a weather alert. Some Budapest residents were undeterred and ventured outside anyway. Image via AP]

As we trudge through Day 2 of New York's epically uncomfortable heatwave, we're in need of some serious cooling down. New York can be a cool place! Just look at these photos from this winter.

It's hotter than Jennifer Lopez's career in 1999 outside today and if you don't have air conditioning, you're screwed. City officials have some lame tips for beating the record-breaking heat, but we've got better suggestions. Step in and chill out.

Temperatures should hover around 100 for the next two days in many northeastern states, possibly triggering "a dangerous situation" according to the National Weather Service. We predict a dangerous spike in snowball consumption and lawn sprinkler run-throughs. [CNN]

[More than 100 people have died already in India's hottest recorded summer, not to mention scores of bats, crows, and peacocks, as temperatures consistently top 100 degrees Farenheit in Delhi and elsewhere. Guardian; pic via AP]