hot summer days

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In some parts of the northern hemisphere, the hottest days of summer have already set records this year. In others, the highest temperatures are yet to come.

The sunshine brings people outdoors, to cool off at the beach, on a high mountain glacier, or in a park fountain. Gathered here are a handful of images of summer 2015, from Spain to Siberia, France, Canada, China, and more.

A beluga whale sprays water towards visitors at the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo, on July 20, 2015.

Andrew Scordilis uses a Jetlev Flyer during a performance for the press at the Stoermthaler Lake in Grosspoesna near Leipzig, Germany, on July 17, 2015.

A boy wearing a lotus leaf on his head holds onto another leaf on a hot summer day in Beijing, China, on July 2, 2015.

A caged cat, a part of rural Thai ceremonies praying for rain, looks out as villagers parade in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on July 2, 2015.

A woman carrying a parasol crosses a street on a hot summer day in Tokyo on July 15, 2015.

A street artist dressed as an ancient Roman takes some refreshment from a fountain in front of the Colosseum in Rome on July 17, 2015.

Sunflowers under a blue sky in Wehlen, Germany, on July 17, 2015.

A boy cools off in the Bosque Fountain in New York’s Battery Park on July 20, 2015.

Women sunbathe in Tignes, southeastern France, on July 21, 2015.

People enjoy the warm sunny weather in the futuristically designed Badeschiff (“pool ship”) on the Spree river in Berlin, Germany, on July 2, 2015.

The sun sets on the Washington Monument after a summer storm came through the area on June 23, 2015, in Washington, DC.

A woman sunbathes on a beach along the Bassin d’Arcachon Sea during a warm and sunny day in Arcachon near Bordeaux, France, on July 1, 2015.

Residents at the Ter Biest house for elderly people refresh their feet in a swimming pool on a hot summer day in Grimbergen, Belgium, on July 2.

Visitors swim in an artificial wave pool at the Isla Magica theme park in Seville, Spain, on July 21, 2015.

Steve Jones, of Whitby, Ontario, dips his head into a cooler of a vendor while trying to beat the heat during the sixth inning of the bronze-medal baseball game between Cuba and Puerto Rico at the Pan Am Games on July 19, 2015, in Ajax, Ontario.

People enjoy the sunny, warm weather on a small island of the lake Ammersee near Munich, Germany, on July 21, 2015.

Firefighters watch for flying embers as a Saddle Fire backfire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest near Hyampom, California, on June 13, 2015.

A zookeeper sprays water onto Twiggy, a 42 year-old Asian elephant, to help it cool down in its enclosure at the zoo in Belgrade, Serbia on July 20, 2015.

People sunbathe at Levante Beach on July 22, 2015 in Benidorm, Spain.

Christopher Madoer, 5, of Phoenix tries to keep cool as temperatures climb above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius)  on June 16, 2015, in Tempe, Arizona.

Children play in a fountain beside Manzanares river in Madrid, Spain, on June 27, 2015.

A Coastal Fire Center crew leader views the Boulder Creek fire, which covered about 618 acres near Pemberton, British Columbia, on July 3, 2015.

Children splash each other with water on a hot day in Hajvali, Kosovo, on July 19, 2015.

A woman reads a magazine as she floats in the salt water of Lake Tus in the Khakassia region, southwest of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on July 18, 2015.

People stand on a waterslide platform at the Grugabad open-air swimming pool on a hot summer day in Essen, Germany, on June 30, 2015.

People cool down in the lake of Svityaz during a hot day near the village of Valevka, southwest of Minsk, Belarus, on July 5, 2015.

Cameron Pugh, 24, from Fresno, dances in the mist at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 10, 2015.

A woman dips her head into a fountain in Budapest, Hungary, on July 6, 2015.

People row a boat in El Retiro Park on July 21, 2015, in Madrid, Spain.