(13 Aug 2025)
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Rome – 13 August 2025
1. Close of tourist’s hand in water at Pantheon water fountain
2. Woman leaning on statue using hand fan
3. Tourist from Sweden drinking from water bottle
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Erös, 24, tourist from Sweden:
“You take pictures, walk around and as soon as it is windy it is fine, just in direct sun, it’s the worst.”
5. Temperature on pharmacy sign showing 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) at 11.49 a.m.
6. Tourists using umbrella for shade
7. Man filling water bottle at fountain
8. Woman taking photo at water fountain
9. Close of water bottle in woman’s arm
10. Person filling water bottle at fountain
11. Wide of Pantheon
12. Fan with cooling mist at restaurant near Pantheon
13. Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Nahid Madani, tourist from California:
“Today we are feeling good but we have enough water and fan for cool off our face when we sweat and a hat. We feel good. We have come from California and California is hot too.”
15. Woman walking with parasol
16. People sitting on steps eating gelato
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nathalie Thys, tourist from Belgium:
“We are going back to the hotel and we are going to cool off a bit, and in the night, around I think 7, 8 then we go look for something to eat. But it’s very warm, but in Belgium it’s warm also.”
18. Wide of part of Piazza Navona in the sun, almost deserted
19. American couple sitting in shade at the side of Piazza Navona
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcin Matuszak, tourist from Poland:
“We go into the church, we go into some places with good temperature inside, but for me this temperature it’s nice. It’s good, it’s not too hot, for me.”
21. Piazza Navona
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Vatican City – 13 August 2025
22. Woman with battery fan taking selfie in front of St. Peter’s Basilica
23. Fountain in St. Peter’s square
24. Close of baby seagull in fountain
25. Tourist with umbrella taking photo
26. Wide of tourists and fountain
27. Fountain and St. Peter’s Cupola in background
28. Tourist splashing water on face from fountain in St. Peter’s Square
29. Wide of St. Peter’s Square
30. Tourists filling bottles at fountain
31. Close of tourists filling bottles, drinking water from fountain
32. Various of tourists cooling down at fountain
33. Wide of tourists standing in one shady spot in St. Peter’s Square
34. Close of tourists
35. Various of tourists going in and out of St. Peter’s square, woman begging
36. Hats on sale in front of St. Peter’s Basilica
37. Various of drink and gelato stand near St. Peter’s
STORYLINE:
Italians and tourists alike headed for fountains and fans as temperatures rose up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in many cities across Italy on Wednesday.
Italy’s health ministry issued a red alert heat warning for 16 cities including Rome, Florence, Bologna, Genova, Turin, and Venice.
Despite the sweltering heat, tourists braved Rome’s famous piazzas at mid-day armed with hats, hand-held fans and parasols.
“Today we are feeling good but we have enough water and fan for cool off our face when we sweat and a hat," said Nahid Madani, from San Diego, California.
AP Video by Selene Clemente and Silvia Stellacci
Production by Trisha Thomas
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