BIKANER, India — People in northern India have been struggling with an unrelenting, week long heat wave that has forced schools to close in some places and raised the risk of heatstrokes for laborers working outdoors.

India's weather department expects the high temperatures to persist across the region for the next few days and has put several states on high alert.

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