How people are keeping cool amid record-breaking temperatures
A boy plays in a fountain on a hot summer day in Brussels, Belgium.
If it’s summer where you are right now, odds are you’ve become intimately familiar with your air conditioner and electric fan. Or better yet, you’re on a first name basis with the local lifeguard.
It’s hot out. And for many people who live in the somewhat milder summer climates of Europe, the northern US or Canada, record-setting temperatures have made this summer a difficult one.
It’s even hot in Siberia. Really, Siberia. Temperatures there were above 90 degrees in July.
But, people (and animals!) are doing their best to beat-the-heat all over the world.
Here’s a collection of ways people are staying cool during the heat wave. How are you beating-the-heat? Let us know and drop a comment on our Instagram.
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