Local residents carrying an image of Jesus Christ, take part in a procession asking for rain in Perelada, a rural village in the northeast of Catalonia, Girona, Spain, Thursday, April 27, 2023. Spain is experiencing summer temperatures in April as the country confronts another year of drought and the elevated risk of forest fires. Spain's government has requested emergency funds from the European Union to support farmers and ranchers amid extreme drought conditions in the country's agricultural heartlands. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)