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July 23, 2008 11:03 AM
The northern hemisphere is feeling the summer heat. A number of heat waves have already rolled across parts of southern Europe,the United States and Asia. From swimming pools to rivers, wave pools, ocean beaches and more, here are some recent photos of people around the world having fun, competing and keeping cool in the water.
Swimming instructor Abbas Khalid (L), 35, assists an Iraqi child during a swimming class at a public pool in central Baghdad on July 15 2008. Abbas has been giving swimming lessons for Iraqi children for the past two summers, when school is out and kids take to the water to cool down.
People swim to avoid the heat in a swimming pool in the Everland amusement park in Yongin, about 50 km (31 miles) south of Seoul, July 13, 2008.
Spanish long distance swimmer David Meca attempts a world-record breaking swim from the beach at Tarifa, on the southern tip of Spain, on July 4, 2008. Meca is hoping to beat his own record in 2000 of crossing the straits of Gilbraltar three times non stop between Tarifa and the Spanish enclave in Morocco of Ceuta.
Manny Cothran, 11, of Nowata, Okla., is enveloped in a shield of cool water at the Splash Pad Waterpark in Owasso, Okla., Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
Palestinian women and girls spend some time at the beach June 20, 2008 in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Today is the second day of a truce between Palestinian militant groups and Israel, brokered by Egypt.
About 25,000 people attend on July 15, 2008, the boat procession of the Virgin of Carmen (Virgen del Carmen), the protector of fisherman, at Puerto de la Cruz on Spain's Canary island of Tenerife.
A serviceman and his horse from the Household Cavalry, the Life Guards regiment, swim in the sea along Holkham Beach, Holkham, eastern England, Tuesday July 22, 2008. Members of the Household Cavalry are currently stationed in the area during their three week summer training camp and a break from ceremonial duties in London.
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