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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
The hot summer days are back. And as the sun shines bright people step out of their homes to cool off at the beach, take a dip in a pool or simply relax in parks.
Rediff.com brings you some the best images from across the northern hemisphere this summer of 2013.
Tourists cool off in a pool of the Guadalevin river on a hot summer day below the Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) in Ronda, near Malaga, southern Spain.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Youths play on a trampoline on the beach in La Baule, in France at the start of the summer holidays.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Boys run in the river Nile on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A girl stands surrounded by the jets of a fountain on the South Bank on a hot summer day in central London, July 15.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Women picnic in Queen's Park during hot weather in Loughborough, central England,
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A woman reads a book as she rests in a public garden on a sunny summer afternoon near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A girl jumps off the breakwater into the Black Sea in the Crimean village of Beregove, Ukraine.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A hotel guest rests in the pool of the Marina Bay Sands Skypark in front of the hazy skyline of Singapore.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A surfer takes advantage of a wave at Fistral Beach on July 5, 2013 in Newquay, England.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Men lounge in an inflatable dinghy near a gentrified warehouse on Regent's Canal on a hot summer day in London. According to Britain's Met Office weather forecasters, temperatures have touched 30 degrees Celsius in Britain's capital.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Beachgoers enjoy a summer day on Agua Dulce beach in Lima's district of Chorrillos. Agua Dulce (Sweet Water) is one of the most popular beaches on Lima's Costa Verde coast.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Double amputee Chris Moon of the UK runs in the AdventurCORPS Badwater 135 ultra-marathon race on July 15 in Death Valley National Park, California. Billed as the toughest footrace in the world, the 36th annual Badwater 135 starts at Badwater Basin in Death Valley, 280 feet below sea level, where athletes begin a 135-mile non-stop run over three mountain ranges in extreme mid-summer desert heat to finish at 8,350 feet above sea level near Mount Whitney for a total cumulative vertical ascent of 13,000 feet.
July 10 marked the 100-year anniversary of the all-time hottest world record temperature of 134 degrees, set in Death Valley where the average high in July is 116. A total of 96 competitors from 22 nations are attempting the run which equals about five back-to-back marathons. Previous winners have completed all 135 miles in slightly less than 24 hours.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A boy cools off in the water from a playground sprinkler in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Temperatures are set to touch 35 degree Celsius in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Youths dance during a party welcoming the start of summer, near Guanabo beach on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
People take part in a group yoga practice on the morning of the summer solstice in New York's Times Square, June 21.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A boy plays at a fountain outside Public School 20 in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
Crowds fill the beach near Brighton Pier during the hot, sunny weather in Brighton Southern England.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A boy slides down a water slide during a hot summer day in the western Austrian city of Hall in Tirol. Austria has been hit by a heat wave with temperatures in Vienna rising to 36 degree Celsius.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A couple relaxes in the hot sunny weather as deer pass in Richmond Park in southwest London.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
People walk through an area of Death Valley known as the Devils Golf Course in 116-degree and rising temperatures as a heat wave spreads across the American West on June 30, in Death Valley National Park, California.
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From California to Cairo: The SUMMER collection
A man watches fireworks as he takes a bath in the Mediterranean Sea on San Juan's (or Saint John's) night, which traditionally is the shortest night of the year, in the southern Spanish town of Malaga. On San Juan's night, people burn objects they no longer want and make wishes as they jump through flames or swim in the sea.
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