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.
In rural areas of Goma, when a woman has a child, her in-laws will often give her an umbrella to keep the baby out of the sun while she's farming. Mwamini Ndawiha, 40, works while one of her six children plays under an umbrella.
Bathing suits a luxury, boys splash and play in their underwear; girls just slightly more covered jump from the wall nearby, a makeshift diving board. 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.
Néema Byanyira, from the Lac Vert district, says she always has an umbrella at hand. She bought her current one two years ago and carries it to the market, to church and when she visits her sister. She says it helps her stay beautiful and keeps her make-up from running in the sun.Néema Byanyira chats with Ange Furaha under the shade of their umbrellas. Byanyira says one reason she uses one is to keep her makeup from running.
"It is so hot and I've nothing else to do at the moment," said one retired man enjoying an ice kachang."It's the best way to keep cool, at least for a while."Theis the Moroccan term for a clay pot that keeps water cool. Moroccans fill the pots and put them in most rooms in the house for the family to drink from — and set them up outside for community refreshment.in Morocco, the pots keep water cool without refrigeration because of the porous nature of clay.
"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.A cyclist cools off in the Pance River after a two and a half hour bike ride. In this hot summer, it's often hard to find a quiet spot in the river to cool down after a ride.
In summer, the crawl space is well-ventilated so the floor's surface stays delightfully cool on hot days.The lobby of a mosque is a place to cleanse yourself before entering the main prayer area. The water also also provides cool relief on a hot day.
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