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Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits

A man stands under a shower at the public beach of Paleo Faliro, in southern Athens, Greece, on Thursday, June 23, 2022. A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia, Europe and even the Arctic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) People crowd the registration counter at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Thursday, June 23, 2022. The hospital is experiencing heavy rush this summer with several patients turning up with heat related ailments. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) FILE - A firefighter plane drops a fire retardant on a burning area of San Martin de Unx in northern Spain, Sunday, June 19, 2022. A European heat wave has caused problems with fires in Germany and Spain. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses, File) Temperature shows over 100 degrees before a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants at Truist Park in Atlanta, Thursday, June 23, 2022. A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia, Europe and even the Arctic. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) FILE - A man walks in the water as the sun rises above the Miribel lake, outside Lyon, central France, Saturday, June 18, 2022. A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia, Europe and even the Arctic. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)