NASA report says that July hottest month on record
NASA reports that July 2016 was hottest month on record. Scientists blame mostly man-made climate change from the burning of fossil fuel with an extra jump from the now-gone El Nino, which every few years is a natural warming of parts of the Pacific Ocean that changes weather worldwide. A few photos of how people beat the heat around the world.
Boys jump into the North Sea from the Margate Harbour Arm in Margate, England.Jack Taylor/Getty Images
People cool off in a swimming pool in Luzhou, Sichuan province, China.Reuters
Amir Sheppard cools off in the center of the fountain at Logan Circle in Philadelphia.Michael Bryant/The Associated Press
Jimmy Coleman cools off his dog Rocky with water from a controlled fire hydrant in South Philadelphia.Yong Kim/The Associated Press
A runner passes the reflecting pool on the National Mall in Washington as the sun rises.J. David Ake/The Associated Press
A man enjoys the sun in front of the famous fountain "Jet d'Eau" at the bank of Lake Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland.Salvatore Di Nolfi/The Associated Press
Kids cool off in fountain on the Rose Kennedy Greenway on summer afternoon in Boston, Massachusetts.Brian Snyder/Reuters
People cool off at a swimming pool in Daying county, Sichuan Province, China.Reuters
A sailing dinghy sails along the Yenisei River on a hot summer day in the Taiga district southwest of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
People cool off at the beach on a hot summer day in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain.Jon Nazca/Reuters