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Boys dive into the Bosphorus as temperatures rise above 30°C in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty
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A man pours cold water onto his head to cool off on a hot day in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
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Fog on the fields outside the city of Wehrheim, about 30km north of Frankfurt in Germany. AP
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Visitors cover their heads from the sun after a scaled down version of the Changing of the Guard ceremony took place outside Buckingham Palace, during heavy heat in London. AP
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A man sleeps outside his home because of the intense heat in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. AFP
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Holidaymakers on the beach at Sokcho, east of Seoul, South Korea. EPA
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Travellers cross the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, during rainfall. AFP
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A man walks beneath pavement misters in Phoenix, Arizona. AP
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Red Cross paramedics help a homeless man who felt dizzy in the heatwave in Mexicali, Mexico. Reuters
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Daniel, a homeless man, cools off in a park during the heatwave in Mexicali, Mexico. Reuters
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Pedestrians under parasols in Mirae Scientist Street in Pyongyang, North Korea. AP
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Zookeeper Shinji Otsuru gives Elvis, the Galapagos giant tortoise, a shower at the Phoenix Zoo as Arizona battles through a heatwave. Reuters
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Children keep cool on a fountain at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens, Greece. AP
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Palestinians enjoy a day at the beach on the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Gaza City. AP
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A street seller protects herself from the sun with a parasol in the coastal area in Panama City, Panama.
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Boys dive into the Bosphorus as temperatures rise above 30°C in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty
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A man pours cold water onto his head to cool off on a hot day in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
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Fog on the fields outside the city of Wehrheim, about 30km north of Frankfurt in Germany. AP
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Visitors cover their heads from the sun after a scaled down version of the Changing of the Guard ceremony took place outside Buckingham Palace, during heavy heat in London. AP
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A man sleeps outside his home because of the intense heat in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. AFP
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Holidaymakers on the beach at Sokcho, east of Seoul, South Korea. EPA
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Travellers cross the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, during rainfall. AFP
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A man walks beneath pavement misters in Phoenix, Arizona. AP
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Red Cross paramedics help a homeless man who felt dizzy in the heatwave in Mexicali, Mexico. Reuters
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Daniel, a homeless man, cools off in a park during the heatwave in Mexicali, Mexico. Reuters
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Pedestrians under parasols in Mirae Scientist Street in Pyongyang, North Korea. AP
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Zookeeper Shinji Otsuru gives Elvis, the Galapagos giant tortoise, a shower at the Phoenix Zoo as Arizona battles through a heatwave. Reuters
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Children keep cool on a fountain at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens, Greece. AP
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Palestinians enjoy a day at the beach on the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Gaza City. AP
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A street seller protects herself from the sun with a parasol in the coastal area in Panama City, Panama.
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Boys dive into the Bosphorus as temperatures rise above 30°C in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty
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