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Middle East heatwave

Temperatures soar across the Middle East, leading to blackouts, protests, beach days and government-mandated holidays.

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Middle East heatwave

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  1. Middle East heatwave

  2. A Palestinian youth jumps into a natural spring water pool to cool off on a hot day, near the West Bank village of Beit Jala August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

  3. A man pours water over himself while washing a horse in order to cool it down as part of measures taken to ease the effect of a heatwave at the Beirut Hippodrome, Lebanon August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

  4. A bus driver reacts as Greater Amman Municipality personnel spray them with a water sprinkler in order to cool them down as part of measures to ease the effect of a heatwave, in Amman, Jordan, August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

  5. Children react as personnel from the Greater Amman Municipality spray them with a water sprinkler in order to cool them down, as part of measures to ease the effect of a heatwave, in Amman, Jordan August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

  6. An Iraqi protester takes part during a demonstration against power cuts and water shortages in Basra province, Iraq, August 1, 2015. Hundreds of residents of Iraq's southern oil-city of Basra demonstrated over frequent electricity cuts and poor quality of water, demanding better services from the government.

  7. A Palestinian woman, whose house was destroyed by what witnesses said was Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, uses a tray to fan her son during a heatwave at her makeshift shelter in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

  8. A Palestinian youth takes a shower at a natural spring water pool to cool off on a hot day, near the West Bank village of Beit Jala August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

  9. People gather at a public beach on Ramlet al Bayda seaside in Beirut, Lebanon August 2, 2015. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

  10. Iraqis shout slogans during a demonstration against power cuts and water shortages in Basra province, Iraq, August 1, 2015. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

  11. A woman gives water to her husband covered in sand at a public beach on Ramlet al Bayda seaside in Beirut, Lebanon August 2, 2015. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

  12. A man cools off during a warm summer day in Baghdad, Iraq July 30, 2015. The heatwave prompted the government to declare a four-day holiday starting on Thursday and order regular power cuts at state institutions. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

  13. Iraqis shout slogans during a demonstration against power cuts amid an intense heatwave at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

  14. Greater Amman Municipality personnel spray people with a water sprinkler in Amman, Jordan, August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

  15. Residents play in the Tigris river to cool off in northern Baghdad's Adhamiya district, Iraq July 30, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

  16. Greater Amman Municipality personnel spray people with a water sprinkler in Amman, Jordan, August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

  17. A Jordanian traffic police officer distributes cold water to drivers and passers-by to cool them down in Amman, Jordan August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

  18. Residents dive into the Tigris river to take a swim and cool off in northern Baghdad's Adhamiya district, Iraq July 30, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

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