Europe, the world's ‌fastest-warming continent, has been ravaged by record-breaking heat and destructive wildfires this summer, with France and Spain particularly hard hit. The heat prompted the Vatican to move Pope Leo's first weekly general ‌audience after the ‌July break indoors ⁠rather than hold it in St Peter's Square. "I suppose it's better to hold it indoors because of the heat," a tourist from Mexico, Diego Amaya, said. The capital Budapest is braced for the peak of the heatwave on ⁠Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures of 40C to 42C expected. Efforts continued to tame another wildfire, likely caused by lightning, in rocky ​mountainous ​terrain south of the Albanian city of Gjirokaster.