Men stand on top of a sand dune covered by a grass checkerboard that is part of desertification control efforts at the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Electric pylons are seen in the horizon along sand dunes near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Visitors walk past a grass checkerboard on a sand dune that is part of desertification control efforts at the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Desert control worker Yin Yuzhen visits a desertification control site of the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A couple stand in the shade near the Detroit River to avoid the heat Monday, July 13, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Paddleboarders pause while paddling on Lake of the Isles during an extreme heat warning, Monday, July 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Jack Scheck, of Minneapolis, lays in the sand after a run during an extreme heat warning, Monday, July 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

A woman sits in the shade to avoid the heat Monday, July 13, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)