Stunning images of the heatwave around the region - in pictures

From Moroccan youths bathing their horses to parched parrots drinking in Baghdad zoo

MOROCCO-FESTIVAL-MOUSSEM

Moroccan Fantasia (tbourida) horsemen ride their horses in the Atlantic ocean waters off a beach in leisure time during the annual Moussem festival of Moulay Abdellah Amghar near the city of El Jadida on August 8, 2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Aug 13, 2023

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