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Moscow's Heat Wave

The summer heat sets a new all-time temperature record in Moscow, a leading forecaster says.

Thursday, July 29, 2010
A firefighters work to extinguish a peat fire in a forest near the village Ryazanovka outside Moscow on July 29.
A firefighters work to extinguish a peat fire in a forest near the village Ryazanovka outside Moscow on July 29.
Photo Credit: Artyom Korotayev, AFP/Getty Images
  • A firefighters work to extinguish a peat fire in a forest near the village Ryazanovka outside Moscow on July 29.
  • Grass lit on fire by severe heat at Khodynskoe pole aviation museum in Moscow on July 29.
  • A security guard walks near grass, which was lit on fire by severe heat, at Khodynskoe pole aviation museum in Moscow July 29.
  • The spires of a Russian Orthodox church and a Stalin-era skyscraper are seen through smog in Moscow on July 28.
  • Russian couple wears facemasks to protect themselves from smog while walking through Red Square in Moscow on July 27.
  • A Russian man sleeps in the shade of an umbrella near the Kremlin in Moscow on July 29.
  • A Russian man enjoys the cool water of a fountain in Moscow on July 26.
  • A man walks near fountains during 38°C conditions in Moscow on July 29.
  • A Russian man dunks his head in the cool waters of a fountain in Moscow on July 29.
  • Sparrows cool down in a fountain as temperatures reached 36°C in central Moscow on July 23.
  • A polar bear cools itself off from the hot sun in a pool at the zoo in Moscow on July 22.
  • A Russian girl wipes her forehead while standing near a temperatre sign reading 38°C in Moscow on July 29.
  • Muscovites dance on the embankment of the Moskva river in central Moscow late evening on July 22, relaxing after midday 36°C heat.
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