Photo Gallery Heat Wave
Thunderstorms have provided some relief, but not much as crops have suffered across Europe from lack of rainfall.
Sandra spells things out in sunblock: it's "summer" in Frankfurt.
African elephant Csami gets relief from the heat with big block of ice candy -- frozen fruit and vegetables, compliments of zookeepers in Erfurt.
Escaping the heat: A young boy runs toward a swimming pool on a Berlin playground.
Ice bombs for polar bears: A soccer ball full of with frozen fruit and fish was most welcome at a Berlin zoo.
A cold shower in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.
Ring-tailed Lemurs at a theme park in Staffordshire, England, tuck into some ice cream.
Bring on the water: A girl in Bad Wildungen enjoys the cold water in a splashing fountain.
Fountains all over Germany have become popular hangout spots, such as this one in central Berlin.
It's too hot to play on the beach, so these people in Eastern Germany just moved their volleyball match into the water.
No beach, no fountains? There's always a good old water bottle.
Normally it's against the law to swim in Germany's canals, but these boys don't seem to care. Luckily this canal still has water ...
... since a few creeks in southern Germany have dried up.
Parisian fountains make popular tourist attractions: People escape the scorching temperatures at Parc Andre Citroen.
