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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