OMAN-GULF-LABOUR-CLIMATE

Foreign labourers work at a construction site in the Omani capital Muscat, amid scorching heat, on June 21, 2022. – Between June and August, the oil-producing Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, ban working outside for about four hours starting from noon. Workers return to their dormitories or nestle in any shade they can find. But increasingly, the high summer temperatures are unbearable even in the shade. (Photo by MOHAMMED MAHJOUB / AFP)