From New York to Tokyo, people try to beat the heat
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A woman uses cardboard to shield herself from the sun as she walks along the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, July 6, in New York. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued an Air Quality Alert Thursday for the New York Metro area.3/23
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Boys play a game of pick up basketball on a court in the Lower East Side of Manhattan , Thursday, July 6, in New York.4/23
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People sit on stairs on the Halifax waterfront as some people swim to cool off in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Thursday, July 6. A heat warning was issued for all Maritime provinces with soaring temperatures and high humidity across the region.5/23
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A woman carries her dog through a water fountain on the Halifax waterfront in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Thursday, July 6.6/23
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A dog peeks between the legs of a paddle boarder on the Toronto waterfront, Thursday, July 6.7/23
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Tourists take pictures from a viewpoint overlooking the old Alfama neighborhood in Lisbon, Thursday, July 6.8/23
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Tourists take shelter with an umbrella during a hot summer day at the Rome's Piazza del Popolo Square, Thursday, July 6. According to weather forecasts temperatures are expected to rise on the upcoming weekend reaching in some part of the country 45 Celsius degrees (113 Fahrenheit).9/23
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A man cools off some roses during a hot summer day at Rome's Piazza del Popolo Square, Thursday, July 6.10/23
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People cool off in a fountain in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 6. The temperatures in Moscow are over 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit).11/23
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People cool off in a fountain in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 6.12/23
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A man cools off from during a heat wave under an open air shower in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July, 6.13/23
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People escape the searing summer heat at Baghdad Aquatic Center in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July, 6.14/23
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People escape the searing summer heat at Baghdad Aquatic Center in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July, 6.15/23
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A man cools off in a public fountain during a hot summer day in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 6.16/23
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Youngster dive into the Bosphorus next to Karakoy ferry terminal on a hot summer day in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 6.17/23
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People enjoy high tide waves on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 6.18/23
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A man watches waves caused by high tide hit his house on the shore of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 6.19/23
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A woman uses a long-sleeve shirt to shield from the sun as she walks at an outdoor shopping mall on a sweltering day in Beijing, Thursday, July 6. Employers in Beijing were ordered Thursday by the government to stop outdoor work after scorching summer heat in the Chinese capital was forecast to reach 40 degrees centigrade (104 Fahrenheit).20/23
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A woman cools herself with a fan as she and her friend walk along a street on a sweltering day in Beijing, Thursday, July 6.21/23
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People walk past a cooling mist spot Thursday, July 6, in Tokyo. Hot weather continues in the metro area as temperatures rise higher than 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Japan's meteorological bureau.22/23
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People cool off at a cooling mist spot Thursday, July 6, in Tokyo.23/23
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A person cools off at a cooling mist spot Thursday, July 6, in Tokyo.
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