In El Salvador, the international labor day was marked by marches by unions and members of social organizations.
In Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador commemorated the first of May with hundreds of workers from the Dos Bocas Refinery, in the state of Tabasco.
In Jerusalem, some 200,000 Muslims celebrated the end of the fast with prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque.
Experts attribute the high temperatures recorded this Monday in India and Pakistan to climate change.
Qantas airlines announced the launch of the first direct commercial flights from Sydney, Australia to London and New York by 2025.