Tourists use umbrellas to shelter from the rain as inclement weather hits central London on July 22, 2017. / AFP / Tolga Akmen
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People walk on the waterfront bund in Shanghai on July 21, 2017. Shanghai sweltered under a new record high of 40.9 degrees Centigrade (105 F) on July 21, authorities said as they issued a weather "red alert" over a stubborn heat wave that has plagued much of the country. - China OUT / AFP / STR
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A young girl plays in a fountain in Skopje on July 21, 2017, where temperatures reached 35 C (95 F). / AFP / Robert ATANASOVSKI
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An Indian traffic policeman works during heavy rainfall near the Indian Parliament in New Delhi on July 25, 2017. / AFP / Money SHARMA
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A person fills up a bottle with water off the barcaccia Fountain in Rome's Piazza di Spagna on July 23, 2017. Several areas of Italy, including the Po valley in the north and the capital city of Rome, were struggling with water shortages amid a heatwave. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
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Bees collect pollen from a sunflower on July 25, 2017 near Bergheim, western Germany. Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Oliver Berg
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A rainbow occurs in the grey sky over pastures of the Allgaeu region near Aitrang, southern Germany, on July 24, 2017. - Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Karl-Josef Hildenbrand
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A boy shelters under a fan in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on July 21, 2017. Shanghai sweltered under a new record high of 40.9 degrees Centigrade (105 F) on July 21, authorities said as they issued a weather "red alert" over a stubborn heat wave that has plagued much of the country. - China OUT / AFP / STR
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Indian vendors sell vegetables along a sreet as heavy monsoon rain falls in Kolkata on July 23, 2017. / AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR
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Children play in a fountain in Skopje on July 21, 2017, where temperatures reached 35 C (95 F). / AFP / Robert ATANASOVSKI
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This photo taken on July 24, 2017 shows boats sitting in the dried-up bottom of the Mihe river in Weifang in China's eastern Shandong province. Once used for leisure activities, the river has dried up due to drought over the past few years and is now used by locals for grazing horses, sheep and cattle. - China OUT / AFP / STR
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A peacock butterfly sits on a flower on July 13, 2017 in a park in Dresden, eastern Germany. Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Monika Skolimowska
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Huge waves lash Lyall Bay in the New Zealand capital Wellington on July 23, 2017 Flood-hit regions of New Zealand were warned to expect more wild weather after a deluge forced evacuations and emergency declarations in parts of the South Island. / AFP / Neil SANDS
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A traffic warden fills up bottles of water off the barcaccia Fountain in Rome's Piazza di Spagna on July 23, 2017. Several areas of Italy, including the Po valley in the north and the capital city of Rome, were struggling with water shortages amid a heatwave. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
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A girls fills her bottle with water off a Barcaccia Fountain in Rome's Piazza di Spagna on July 23, 2017. Several areas of Italy, including the Po valley in the north and the capital city of Rome, were struggling with water shortages amid a heatwave. / AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
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In this photo taken on July 23, 2017, children and adults play in a fountain to cool off during a heatwave in Yangzhou, China's eastern Jiangsu province. Parts of China also have seen record temperatures in recent weeks, in what has been a torrid summer so far for much of the country, while large areas of south-central China have endured raging floods from torrential rain. - China OUT / AFP / STR
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Indian men transport commuters on a three wheeled motorized van along a road as heavy monsoon rain falls in Kolkata on July 24, 2017. / AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR
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Women cover from the rain as inclement weather hits central London on July 22, 2017. / AFP / Tolga Akmen
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A photo made on July 21, 2017 shows cars passing along Moscow's Garden Ring with one of the seven Stalin's era skyscrapers in the background following heavy rains in Moscow. / AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
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People walk under umbrellas during a rain storm in Moscow on July 21, 2017. / AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
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Nuns walks past an empty fountain in St Peter's Square, in Vatican city, after the Vatican authorities decision to turn off some of the 100 fountains due to a drought affecting Rome, on July 25, 2017. Two years of lower-than-average rainfall in Rome has forced Rome to close fountains and consider the prospect of water rationing. / AFP / Andreas SOLARO
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A man drinks water from a fountain near St Peter's Square, just outside Vatican city, as the Mayor of Rome decided whether or not to ration drinking water due to a drought on July 25, 2017, in Rome. Two years of lower-than-average rainfall in Rome has forced the city to close fountains and consider the prospect of water rationing. / AFP / Andreas SOLARO
