Hot Summer Days 2013

In parts of the northern hemisphere, summer days have already set temperature records this year. The hot sun makes people go outside, lie on the beach, climb a mountain peak or take a refreshing dip in a fountain.

(Total 27 photos)

1. A girl stands in a fountain on a hot summer day in central London on July 15, 2013.

2. Mike Booz of Henderson, Nevada, swims on Lake Mead in Boulder City, Nevada, June 29, 2013. The air temperature that day reached 47 degrees Celsius.

3. A woman rests in a park near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on a sunny summer day on July 12, 2013.

Surfers ride the waves at Shonan Beach in Fujisawa, west of Tokyo, on July 15, 2013. The heat is all over Japan, the air temperature reaches 35 degrees Celsius.

5. Lightning strikes a field during a tornado near Clearwater, Kansas, on May 19, 2013.

6. A hiker climbs Mount Roberts near Juneau, Alaska on July 14, 2013.

7. A boy at a sprinkler installation in Brooklyn, New York, on July 15, 2013. The air temperature in New York, Philadelphia and Washington exceeds 35 degrees Celsius for several days in a row.

A woman swims in the rooftop pool of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel on a foggy day in Singapore June 17, 2013.

9. Forest fire in the Black Forest, Colorado, June 12, 2013. At least 80 homes were damaged in a fire near Colorado Springs.

10. A surfer at Fistral Beach in Newquay, England on July 5, 2013.

11. Children cool off in a fountain in a public park in Madrid on June 22, 2013.

12. Waiting for the performance of British singer Rita Ora during a concert in Floriana, near Valletta, Malta, June 26, 2013.

13. Disabled Chris Moon of the UK competes in the Badwater ultramarathon in Death Valley National Park in California, July 15, 2013. Organized by AdventurCORPS, the marathon starts in the Badwater Trench, 86 meters below sea level, passes through the desert and 3 mountain ranges, and ends at Mount Whitney - 2548 meters above sea level. The total length of the marathon distance is 215 km.

14. Randy Kern (left) and John Rice in Star Wars costumes are photographed next to an unofficial thermometer in Death Valley National Park, continuing their annual tradition, June 30, 2013. The air temperature that day reached 55 degrees Celsius. Prior to this, the June temperature record in Death Valley, set on June 29, 1994, was 53 degrees Celsius.

15. A man stands on the balcony of a high-rise luxury building in the central business district of Singapore, June 21, 2013. The smoke in Singapore was caused by wildfires in Indonesia.

16. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the C-Explorer 5 bathyscaphe after diving to the bottom of the Gulf of Finland to inspect the Oleg frigate that sank in the 19th century, July 15, 2013.

17. A girl prepares for the FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain on July 15, 2013. Sagrada Familia (Sagrada Familia) can be seen in the background.

Tiger Jai eats frozen trout at the Phoenix Zoo on June 28, 2013.

19. A girl refreshes herself in a fountain on a hot day in Portland, Oregon on June 28, 2013.

20. Crowds of people filled the beach in Brighton, southern England, July 7, 2013.

21. A couple resting on the grass among the deer in Richmond Park in southwest London, July 13, 2013.

22. A woman bathes during the celebration of Independence Day in Union Beach, New Jersey, July 3, 2013.

23. A girl takes part in the celebration of Ivan Kupala near Kiev, July 6, 2013. The holiday originates from pagan times. People jump over fires and bathe in a lake or river, purifying themselves of their sins.

24. Boys run along the Nile River on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, May 6, 2013.

25. People walk through the National Park Death Valley during a 47-degree heat wave, June 30, 2013.

26. People fly kites on top of a hill overlooking the Space Needle in Seattle, July 3, 2013.

27. A man watches fireworks in the Mediterranean Sea on the night of San Juan in the southern Spanish city of Malaga, June 24, 2013.