Oh what a wonderful summer!

A week ago, the summer solstice arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, but despite the fact that the days will now become shorter, the hottest time is yet to come.

(Total 30 photos)

1. People take part in a group yoga class in Times Square in New York on the day of the summer solstice, June 21, 2013. (Andrew Gombert/European Pressphoto Agency)

2. A woman and her little daughter walk in shallow water near the shores of Lake Schlachten in Berlin, Germany on June 20, 2013. (Ole Spata/European Pressphoto Agency)

3. A girl freshens up under a cold shower near Ada Ciganlija lake in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 20, 2013. (Marko Drobnjakovic/Associated Press)

4. A man buys his daughter ice cream on the Lower East Side in New York, June 25, 2013. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

5. A boy jumps into a swimming pool in Hannover, Germany on June 17, 2013. (Julian Stratenschulte/AFP/Getty Images)

6. People meet the dawn at the top of the Kokino megalithic observatory on the day of the summer solstice, June 21, 2013. The age of the ancient astronomical observatory, located 100 kilometers from Skopje, Macedonia, is about 4 thousand years old. (Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images)

7. People gathered near Stonehenge on the evening before the summer solstice near Salisbury, UK, June 20, 2013. Thousands of people annually meet the sunrise near Stonehenge on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. (Kerim Okten/European Pressphoto Agency)

8. People celebrate Ivan Kupala Day near Rakov, 45 kilometers west of Minsk, Belarus, June 22, 2013. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

9. Lightning sparkles in the sky during a thunderstorm in Odessa, Texas, on June 17, 2013. (Edyta Blaszczyk/Odessa American via Associated Press)

10. A double rainbow shines over Djurgården Island in Stockholm, Sweden on June 14, 2013. (Johan Nilsson/Associated Press)

11. A Ferris wheel is reflected in raindrops on a car windshield near Bryantsville, Kentucky, on June 26, 2013. (Clay Jackson/The Advocate Messenger via Associated Press)

12. A halo shines in the sky over the Capitol in Sacramento, California on June 18, 2013. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)

13. Actor Christian Morales, portraying Elvis Presley, wipes sweat from his forehead on June 27, 2013 on the Las Vegas Strip, where he poses for a photo with tourists. Despite the intense heat, Morales works during daylight hours. “It’s better to suffer from the heat than fight off drunks in the evening,” he says. (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)

14. Girls run out of the school gate on the last day of school in Berlin, Germany, June 18, 2013. (Stephanie Pilick/European Pressphoto Agency)

15. A girl rides a carousel outside a circus in Srinagar, Kashmir, India on June 23, 2013. (Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency)

16. A boy jumps into a canal in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on June 9, 2013. Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

17. A girl floats on a lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, on June 21, 2013. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./Jackson Hole News & Guide via Associated Press)

18. Children jump into Lake Geneva at Lutry near Lausanne, Switzerland on June 16, 2013. The French Alps are visible in the background. (Laurent Gillieron/European Pressphoto Agency)

19. People relax on the beach in Valencia, Spain, June 16, 2013. (Kai Foersterling/European Pressphoto Agency)

20. People sunbathe on the waterfront in Manhattan in New York, June 21, 2013. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

21. A woman reads a book on the beach in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, on May 6, 2013. (Robin Utrecht/European Pressphoto Agency)

22. Employees of the Rotterdam Zoo pour water on an elephant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on June 19, 2013. (Jerry Lampen/European Pressphoto Agency)

23. A shepherd drives a herd of cows, goats and sheep to a summer pasture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, June 13, 2013. (Reuters)

24. A man shows a flying mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) near the Tisza River near the village of Tiszainoka, 135 kilometers southeast of Budapest, Hungary, June 23, 2013. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)

25. A boy sits on a lychee tree in the village of Gakhi, 20 kilometers from the city of Jammu, Kashmir, India, June 11, 2013. (Jaipal Singh/European Pressphoto Agency)

26. A young man floats on an air mattress on the Alster lake in Hamburg, Germany on June 18, 2013. (Bodo Marks/European Pressphoto Agency)

27. Women are photographed wearing wreaths during the celebration of Ivan Kupala Day near Rakov, 45 kilometers west of Minsk, Belarus, June 22, 2013. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

28. The sun rises over the town of Schalkwijk, the Netherlands, on one of the warmest days of the year, June 19, 2013. (Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images)

29. People take part in a group yoga class on the day of the summer solstice in Times Square in New York, June 21, 2013. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

30. A boy bathes his brother on the beach in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, June 27, 2013. (Ali Ali/European Pressphoto Agency)