11 August 2023 03:37 pm Views - 1275
Despite the current hot weather in Sri Lanka, a group of school children who are in Colombo on an educational trip have fun today at Independence Square. Three-quarters of the children in South Asia are already facing dangerously high temperatures, the highest level worldwide, as the impact of climate change grows, the United Nations warned Monday. About 460 million children are exposed to extreme heat in South Asia. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana