Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record in 2025, according to AFP analysis based on data from the European Copernicus programme.Globally, the last 12 months are expected to be the third hottest ever recorded after 2024 and 2023, according to the provisional data, which will be confirmed by Copernicus in its annual report in early January.But the average, which includes land and oceans, masks overall records for certain parts of the world.Many poorer nations do not publish detailed climate data, so AFP has completed the global picture by independently analysing Copernicus data from...