DHAKA: Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its longest heat wave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals' misery.
Temperatures in the South Asian nation's capital Dhaka have surged to about 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the poor bearing the brunt of the blazing sun.
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