Millions in India and Pakistan have had to toil through the hottest spring on record, in conditions that scientists fear will soon regularly afflict billions across the globe.

A worker drinks water during a break from loading sacks of wheat on a freight train in Khanna, India on Thursday.Sajjad Hussain / AFP via Getty Images

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May 21, 2022, 1:30 AM PDT

ByAnisha Kukreja,Patrick GaleyandKaswar Klasra

NEW DELHI, India — Street vendor Rohan Mishra wakes before dawn to buy fresh vegetables from the bazaar and steels himself for another day hauling his cart under the punishing New Delhi sun.

Unable to afford time off during India’srecord-shattering heat wave, he endures headaches, dizzy spells and nosebleeds as he desperately tries to hawk his produce before it withers in the basket.

“Money has been difficult recently,” Mishra said. “This…