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Beating the summer heat As temperatures soar around the world, a glimpse into how people (and animals) are cooling off this summer.
June 16, 2012
A Chinese couple covers their children in sand at a manmade beach to help them cool off from the heat in Beijing, China.
Andy Wong
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June 20, 2012
Kids jump, play and swim in a pool in Philadelphia, where temperatures soared into the high 90s during an unusually early hot spell.
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June 18, 2012
A girl collects water as a boy bathes himself near an elephant at a public water tap on a hot summer day in Allahabad, India. Northern India has been sweltering under extreme heat as temperatures hovered around 113 degrees in some areas.
Rajesh Kumar Singh
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AP
June 16, 2012
Chinese children slide down a poolside slide at a park during summer in Beijing, China, where temperatures have soared during the early summer months.
Andy Wong
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AP
June 18, 2012
Paolo, right, and Rosaria serve their dogs Kiyoko and Greta canine ice cream in a pet shop in Rome, Italy. Gelato for dogs contains no milk products, which are harmful to canines. With temperatures in Rome topping 97 degrees, dogs are lapping up the icy treat at a pet supply store on the outskirts of the capital.
Andrew Medichini
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AP
June 20, 2012
Jakiyah Taylor, 3, runs through a splash pad at the Pennington Court Apartments in Newark, N.J. Residents of the 223-unit public housing complex gathered at the court yard near the water sprinkler as temperatures approached the 100-degree mark.
Julio Cortez
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AP
June 15, 2012
An Indian man bathes his horse on a sweltering day in Allahabad, India.
Rajesh Kumar Singh
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AP
June 20, 2012
Tourists take shelter from the sun under an umbrella as they walk past the historical Spanish Steps in downtown Rome, Italy. A heat wave, with temperatures as high 95 degrees, is crossing Italy from north to south.
Andrew Medichini
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AP
May 31, 2012
A boy sits under a fountain to beat the heat in New Delhi.
Manish Swarup
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AP
June 2, 2012
A young boy jumps into the Tawi River in Jammu, India.
Channi Anand
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AP
June 1, 2012
Young boys submerge themselves in water to cool off on a hot summer day in Jaunpur, India.
Rajesh Kumar Singh
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AP
May 25, 2012
Monkeys quench their thirst as another takes a dip on a hot summer afternoon on the outskirts of Jammu, India.
Channi Anand
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AP
May 10, 2012
Boys swim in a water reservoir to cool off as the temperature rises on the outskirts of Gujranwala in Punjab province, Pakistan.
Muhammed Muheisen
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AP
June 3, 2012
Pakistanis swim in a canal to beat the heat in Lahore.
K.M. Chaudary
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AP
June 11, 2012
Two Pakistani men sleep on a bed covered with a mosquito net on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad. Many Pakistanis sleep outdoors to escape the heat during the summer months.
Muhammed Muheisen
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AP
May 25, 2012
People enjoy unusually warm weather in Biarritz, southwestern France.
Bob Edme
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AP
May 25, 2012
People enjoy the Atlantic Ocean at Biarritz beach, southwestern France.
Bob Edme
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AP
May 23, 2012
A young man swims in the River Thames in London, as another youngster on the bank strips down to his underwear before going in the water as well.
Matt Dunham
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AP
May 28, 2012
People play in a fountain in Trenton, N.J.
Mel Evans
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AP
May 27, 2012
A man cools himself by splashing water from a pipe on a hot summer day in Allahabad, India.
Rajesh Kumar Singh
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AP
May 22, 2012
People relax in the sun at a public pool in Essen, western Germany.
Martin Meissner
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AP
May 28, 2012
Contestants Bishoy Hanna, center, from Venice Beach, and Tatum Miranda, from Anchorage, Alaska, warm up before taking to the stage at the Muscle Beach International bodybuilding contest in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles.
Richard Vogel
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AP
May 22, 2012
A boy jumps into the water of a public pool in Essen, western Germany.
Martin Meissner
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AP
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