What the five hottest years on Earth look like - in pictures

The past five years - and the past decade - are the hottest in 150 years, the latest research has shown. It is bringing increasingly severe storms, floods, drought and wildfires, with one scientist saying the records being broken year after year is "the drumbeat of the Anthropocene". We look at what the five hottest years look like in pictures

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