As the COP26 climate conference begins, here's a look at what life is like in one of the hottest cities on earth

A brick kiln worker in Jacobabad, Pakistan, one of the world's hottest cities.Shakil Adil/Amnesty International

• Due to climate change, temperatures in Jacobabad, Pakistan have soared. In June 2021, the hottest day hit 125°F.
• Jacobabad's residents' lives' are entirely dominated by their desperate quest to escape the heat.

The city of Jacobabad, in Sindh, Pakistan, is one of the hottest cities on earth.

In recent years, due to climate change, temperatures in Jacobabad have soared. In June 2021, the hottest day hit 125°F (52°C).

Over the past few decades, on several occasions, temperatures and humidity levels have reached a threshold described by experts as "hotter than a human body can handle"- one of only two cities in the world to hold that status.

At these heat and humidity levels, the human body's mechanisms to cool itself stop functioning.

A new report from Amnesty International chronicles the lives of Jacobabad residents, whose days are dominated by their quest to escape the heat.

Ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Amnesty urged industrialized countries to help developing countries face the unprecedented threat.