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Canine cool down

Bryan Moran sprays down his dog, Rocky, at a fountain on July 1 in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

 

Millions of American households were without electricity this weekend as a record-setting heatwave rolled across the eastern United States.

 

Jumping off a bridge ... for relief

A man jumps from a bridge into the Danube River on July 1 during a hot sunny day in Vienna, Austria.

 

Americans weren't the only ones breaking a sweat this weekend. Residents of Austria were greeted with scorching temperatures reaching 96 degrees Fahrenheit.

Extreme temperatures

A group of girls stick their feet in a water feature on June 29 at the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C.

 

Friday's temperatures in the nation's capital reached a high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the record of 101 degrees set almost 80 years ago.

 

Stepwell swimming

As the mercury rises to 107 degrees on July 1, people cool off in a baoli, also known as a stepwell, at the Nizamuddin Dargah mausoleum in New Delhi, India.