Driven by high temperature and frequent power cuts, the Sudanese now have to buy homemade ice blocks to resist the African heat wave in the summer. For now, coolness is arguably most needed in the sizzling country.

A Sudanese citizen buys ice in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, on June 7, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A Sudanese citizen buys ice in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, on June 7, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A Sudanese citizen buys ice in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, on June 7, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Photo shows the hole of an ice block through which a Sudanese citizens is seen buying ice in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, on June 7, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)