Beating the heat around the world

As high temperatures grip much of the Midwest and East Coast of America, people around the world are finding ways to cool off.

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Paris

The Trocadero Fountain near the Eiffel Tower provides relief on June 27. A heat wave hit the French capital, with temperatures reaching 95 degrees.

Michel Euler / AP

Tokyo

A visitor speeds down a water slide at Toshimaen amusement park on July 17. That weekend, temperatures hovered around 100 degrees.

Itsuo Inouye / AP

New Delhi

A worker rests on a stack of air coolers for sale at a market. A heat wave buffeted northern India in late May.

Raveendran / AFP/Getty Images

Rome

A woman finds a shady spot in downtown Rome.

Pier Paolo Cito / AP

Seoul

A boy plays in a fountain in central Seoul on July 19. After the rainy season ended, temperatures in the capital city soared.

Park Ji-Hwan / AFP/Getty Images

New York City

Heather White of New York rests in Columbus Circle, where the mercury approached 90 degrees on July 19.

Timothy A. Clary / AFP/Getty Images

Lyon, France

A girl plays in the fountains as the temperature reaches 104 on June 27.

Philippe Desmazes / AFP/Getty Images

Shanghai

A fan was a necessity for watching outdoor diving during the FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Centre on July 17.

Mark Ralston / AFP/Getty Images

Belgrade, Serbia

A heat wave gripped the Balkans in mid-July.

Andrej Isakovic / AFP/Getty Images

Thessaloniki, Greece

A food truck provides a bit of shade for a dog on July 14.

Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP/Getty Images

Helmand province, Afghanistan

U.S. Marines distribute cold drinks during a patrol in the Marjah district on May 24.

Massoud Hossaini / AFP/Getty Images

Baghdad

An Iraqi soldier provides a cooling spray for Shiite Muslim pilgrims on June 27.

Ali Al-Saadi / AFP/Getty Images

Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistani drivers rest under their oil tankers on May 19.

Rizwan Tabassum / AFP/Getty Images

Moscow

Teenagers refresh themselves in a fountain's spray.

Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP/Getty Images

Seville, Spain

Much of Spain was on alert for dangerously high temperatures in late June.

Cristina Quicler / AFP/Getty Images

London

Soaring temperatures bring people out to lounge in a park in central London in late June.

Carl Court / AFP/Getty Images

Berlin

A woman rides a bicycle on a hot day in Berlin's city center.

Sean Gallup / Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan

A bag vendor awaits customers under the canopy of a tree in early June as temperatures held steady at more than 100 degrees.

Ted Aljibe / AFP/Getty Images

Sofia, Bulgaria

A waterfall provides relief from stifling July heat.

Valentina Petrova / AP

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