A year of extreme weather that challenged billions

Hasan Jedi/Getty ImagesSuccessive heatwaves added to the many pressures faced by the almost two million people displaced by the conflict in GazaClimate change has brought record-breaking heat this year, and with it extreme weather, from hurricanes to month-long droughts.This year is expected to be the hottest on record, and new research shows that people around the world experienced an additional 41 days of…