Women and children play in the water fountains at the Place des Arts in Montreal. A heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 17 people in the past week. Eva Hambach / AFP
Women and children play in the water fountains at the Place des Arts in Montreal. A heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 17 people in the past week. Eva Hambach / AFP

Think it's hot in the UAE? Spare a thought for muggy Montreal and boiling Belfast