Photos Showing How People Deal With The Heatwave

A police officer givers water to a British soldier

wearing a traditional bearskin hat, on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace Photo: Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images A police officer givers water to a British soldier wearing a traditional bearskin hat, on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London, Monday, July 18, 2022.

A woman use portable fan as heatwave hits London

Photo: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images United Kingdom on July 18, 2022.

Wildfires across France darkened some beachgoers' day.

Photo: Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images This photograph taken on July 18, 2022 shows people swim on the Moulleau's beach as the smoke rising from the forest fire in La Teste-de-Buch, seen from Arcachon, in front of the Pilat dune.

Young Parisians jumped headfirst into the city's canals to cool down.

Photo: AP Photo/Lewis Joly Kids jump from a bridge to swim in the Canal St Martin, during a heatwave in Paris, Monday, July 18, 2022.

People in Spain flocked to open waters over the weekend to keep cool.

Photo: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti People cool off in the water on a hot and sunny day at the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, July 15, 2022.

Meanwhile, wildfires have engulfed much of Central and Northern Spain.

Photo: MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire next to the village of Tabara, near Zamora, northern Spain, on July 18, 2022.

Children in France sought reprieve from the heat in cold fountains.

Photo: LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images Children play in the water of a fountain, as the air temperature exceed 42 degrees Celsius, in Nantes, on July 18, 2022