Europe seeks to stay cool in record-breaking heat
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Britain shattered its record for the highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill-prepared for such extremes.
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People relax on a boat on the lake in the Retiro park in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 16.3/22
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A man rests on a bench while cooling himself with water from a public sprinkler on a hot and sunny day in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, July 16.4/22
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A man sits under an umbrella to shelter himself from the sun while begging for money in the street during hot weather in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 16.5/22
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People take part during the annual water fight in the streets of the Vallecas neighborhood of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, July 17.6/22
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A tourist uses a fan to shade her face from the sun whilst waiting to watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London, Monday, July 18.7/22
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A man uses a newspaper as a fan while traveling on the Bakerloo line in central London during a heat wave, Monday, July 18.8/22
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A man uses cool morning hours for a run on a small road in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 18.9/22
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A police officer givers water to a British soldier wearing a traditional bearskin hat, on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London, Monday, July 18.10/22
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People sit covering their heads from the sun after a scaled down version of the Changing of the Guard ceremony took place outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London, Monday, July 18.11/22
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A woman holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun during a hot sunny day in Madrid, Spain, Monday, July 18.12/22
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Kids jump from a bridge to swim in the Canal St. Martin, during a heat wave in Paris, Monday, July 18.13/22
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Traffic crosses a bridge at Woodhead Reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, Monday, July 18, as water levels dip dangerously low amid record high temperatures in the UK.14/22
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People queue outside an ice cream van in St. James's Park, in London, Monday, July 18.15/22
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People escape the heat wave by taking a barbecue in a river near the village of Luss in Argyll and Bute on the west bank of Loch Lomond, Scotland, Monday July 18.16/22
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Swimmers walk on the Le Moulleau pier in Arcachon, southwestern France Monday July 18, as a large cloud of black smoke laden with ashes coming from a giant wildfire consuming the thousand-year-old forest bordering the Dune du Pilat fills the sky.17/22
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A man shields his eyes from the sun as he sunbathes backdropped by Tower Bridge in London, Tuesday July 19.18/22
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A man refreshes his face at a fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London, Tuesday, July 19.19/22
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Members of the Australian cabaret and Circus troupe cool down in a fountain on the Southbank in London, Tuesday, July 19.20/22
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People paddle on the river Spree and pass the Badeschiff, Bathing Ship, pool in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 19.21/22
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A rider tucks an ice pack made with women's nylon stockings under his jersey during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 178.5 kilometers (111 miles) with start in Carcassonne and finish in Foix, France, Tuesday, July 19.22/22
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A railway worker hands out bottles of water to passengers at King's Cross railway station where there are train cancellations due to the heat in London, Tuesday, July 19.
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