PHOTOS: Global heat hacks, from jazzy umbrellas in DRC to ice beans in Singapore

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PHOTOS: Global heat hacks, from jazzy umbrellas in DRC to ice beans in Singapore
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We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year's record heat. They created some really cool images.

The world is hot this year. Ridiculously hot. Fry an egg on the sidewalk hot. How are people dealing with the heat?to make pictures of heat relief strategies in their countries. Their cameras took aim at the cool floors of a mosque's entryway in Kashmir to swimming, kids splashing in a makeshift pool in a working-class Cairo neighborhood, an icy and affordable treat in Singapore and more. Here are photos of the often centuries-old ways the world is beating the heat.

Um Aya takes the pool's cleanliness seriously, changing the water regularly and asking the children to wash the dirt off their bodies, especially their feet, with the hose, before getting in."Even though this is an improvised setup, we still value cleanliness," she says. Néema Byanyira, 25, a mom of three, is rarely without her umbrella when she's on the move. She brings it to market, to church and to visit her sister.When a young girl gets married in the Goma countryside, her family gives her an umbrella to protect her skin from the sun. She gets another one if she has a baby – a necessity if she has her child with her when she goes to work in the fields or sells food or wares by the side of the road.

Now countless varieties of the dessert can be found – often including mango puree and jellies such as grass jelly or agar agar.Muhammad Azreen and Airul Hizen enjoy sea coconut ice jelly and ice kachang from Jin Jin dessert at ABC Brickworks Market & Food Center. When bought at one of the large food courts in the country, called hawker centers, the dessert is generally an affordable way to cool down at 2 - 4 SGD .

"Sometimes there are so many people in the rivers that it is impossible to find a place to cool off quietly," says Jesús Alfonso, a mechanic who works in the city and belongs to a group of cyclists who take advantage of Cali's rivers after their rides.

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