Maharashtra's Akola district in the Vidarbha region recorded the world’s highest temperature of 44.2 degrees Celsius, claiming the top spot in the world among the 15 hottest places on Tuesday. Out of the 15 hottest places in the world in the past 24 hours ending on Tuesday, four were in India with the others in Pakistan, and countries like Niger, Libya and Chad according to weather monitoring website El Dorado.

Akola was followed by Jalgaon, which was in fourth position in the list of the world’s hottest places on Tuesday with a temperature of 44 degrees Celsius. Other places in India on the list included Khargone and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh recording temperatures of 44 degrees Celsius (rank 5) and 43.5 degrees Celsius (rank 12), respectively.