Extreme heat is gripping much of Australia, dropping tennis players on the courts of the Australian Open. Flooding in the Philippines has killed at least 22 people and displaced more than 200,000.
People across the globe are dealing with extreme, unusual and uncomfortable weather.
Cold in Japan: A bird sits on a frozen crane sculpture fountain with icicles hanging from its wings at a Tokyo park on January 14, 2014. A cold atmosphere sent temperatures plummeting to the lowest levels this winter in many parts of Japan. (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
China smog: Buildings are shrouded in smog on January 14, 2014 in Changsha, Hunan Province of China. China’s Meteorological Administration issued a yellow warning in some southern areas on Tuesday. China uses a four-tier warning system for extreme weather and air pollution, with red the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and then blue. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Australian Open heat: Spectators cool down in a fountain during the hot weather on day two of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 14, 2014. (Photo by MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia heat: Melburnians keep cool at Brighton Beach on January 14, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Temperatures are expected to reach over 40 degrees Celsius in parts of Victoria over the next four days. (Photo by Craig Sillitoe/Getty Images)
Weather warning: The sun rises as a woman walks her dog besides the river that flows on Kennard Moor on the Somerset Levels near Glastonbury on January 14, 2014 in Somerset, England. The Met Office is warning of more unsettled weather as many parts of the country are still recovering from recent flooding. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Philippines flooding: Residents ride a wooden boat as they cross a river after the bridge collapsed overnight due to flooding brought about by heavy rains in Linamon town, in southern island of Mindanao on January 14, 2014. (Photo by RICHEL UMEL/AFP/Getty Images)
Philippines flooding: Residents ride a boat as they paddle along a flooded village brought about by heavy rains in the outskirts of Butuan City, Agusan del sur province, in southern island of Mindanao on January 13, 2014. Twenty-two people have been killed and nearly 200,000 others evacuated from floods and landslides that hit a southern Philippine region still recovering from a deadly 2012 typhoon, the government said January 14. (Photo by ERWIN MASCARINAS/AFP/Getty Images)
Falun avalanche: This photo taken on January 14, 2014 shows the jump hill at the Lugnet National Ski Stadium in Falun, after an avalanche carried away the snow leaving the hill bare. (Photo by ANDERS HANSSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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