Heatwave hits the Middle East - in pictures

Youths at the Al Manara Corniche on a sunny day in Beirut, Lebanon.
Youths at the Al Manara Corniche on a sunny day in Beirut, Lebanon.
Labourers take a break at a construction site at Egypt's 'New Administrative Capital' megaproject, some 45 kilometres east of Cairo.
Labourers take a break at a construction site at Egypt's 'New Administrative Capital' megaproject, some 45 kilometres east of Cairo.
A boy dives in a river near the port in Basra, Iraq.
A boy dives in a river near the port in Basra, Iraq.
Youths swim by the ruins of an old building on the Tigris river in Baghdad, Iraq.
Youths swim by the ruins of an old building on the Tigris river in Baghdad, Iraq.
Palestinian boys swim in a spring at Al Faraa refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus.
Palestinian boys swim in a spring at Al Faraa refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus.
A woman washes her son in their house on the outskirts of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza Strip.
A woman washes her son in their house on the outskirts of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza Strip.