▲As well as being extremely hot, California's Death Valley is considered the driest place in North America.

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The desert once held the record for highest recorded temperature on the planet, at 57.8°C (134°F) in 1913.

▲This untouched location in the country's Afar Region is known as the hottest place on Earth, with the highest average annual temperature ever recorded.

▲It also reportedly has one of the highest average daily temperatures in the world, of 34.4ºC (94ºF).

▲A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ghadames is an oasis town located in the middle of the Libyan desert.

▲The highest temperature recorded in this town was 55°C (131°F).

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Situated in the Outback, Oodnadatta has a sign proudly claiming that it's "Australia's hottest and driest town."

▲The town recorded Australia's highest-ever temperature of 50.7°C (123.3°F) in 1960.

▲Kebili is an oasis in the Tunisian desert, where the highest temperature on record is whopping 55ºC (131ºF).

▲The city is reportedly home to about 28,000 people who do their best to go about their daily lives in the scorching temperatures.

▲The highest recorded temperature of this city on the south edge of the Sahara is 49°C (120°F).

▲While Earth provides ample space for humans to live comfortably, it's also host to many places with brutally intense heat, painfully low humidity, and inhospitable conditions. The World Meteorological Organization has monitored temperatures all over the world, and records have been repeatedly made and broken—especially as the global warming intensifies. Click through to see where the sun feels the most fiery.

▲This region, which is on the border of Sudan and Egypt, hit its highest temperature of 53°C (127°F) in 1967.

▲Because of its low humidity levels and very sparse rain, Timbuktu is under threat of desertification.

▲Rub' al-Khali is one of the largest deserts on the planet, as well as the largest continuous area of sand in the world.

▲The hot and dry climate there has reached 56.1ºC (133ºF).

▲This arid salt desert is completely uninhabited, as not even bacteria manages to survive the extreme temperatures.

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Also known as Turfan, this city in the northwest of the province of Xinjiang has a highest recorded temperature of 49.6°C (121.3°F).

▲In addition to intense heat, the area also suffers from constant sand storms and virtually no rainfall.

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With the highest recorded ground temperatures on Earth, the Lut Desert has reached the scorching figure of 70.7°C (159.3°F).

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▲This Chinese oasis is in a geographical depression below sea level, which makes temperatures even higher.

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The Israeli kibbutz hit 53.9°C (129°F) in 1942, which was reportedly the highest-ever recorded temperature in Asia.

Tirat Zvi's high temperatures can be partially attributed to the fact that the city is located at 220 m (722 ft) below sea level.

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23/02/21 por StarsInsider

TRAVEL Extreme weather

While Earth provides ample space for humans to live comfortably, it's also host to many places with brutally intense heat, painfully low humidity, and inhospitable conditions. The World Meteorological Organization has monitored temperatures all over the world, and records have been repeatedly made and broken—especially as the global warming intensifies. Click through to see where the sun feels the most fiery.