14 images that reveal what the hottest year in history looked like

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Last year was the hottest year on record by the widest margin ever since records began in 1880, according to NASA and NOAA.

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The heat brought some extreme weather all over the world, including more drought and fires in California, an unseasonably warm winter in the Northeast US, heatwaves in Pakistan and India, and beach weather in Germany.

Here's a look at how the heat was felt around the world: