People cool down under jets of water at Paris Beach on the banks of the Seine River, Aug. 5, 2003. Temperatures in the city hit 104 degrees, and meteorologists expected the heat wave, one of Europe's worst in years, to continue.
A child drinks from a fountain at Paris Beach, on the banks of the Seine River, Aug. 5, 2003.
With the Eiffel Tower looming behind them, children cool off in Paris' Trocadero fountains, Aug. 4, 2003.
Taylor Kelly, left, and his brother Mason splash in the sea at Margate, on the south coast of England, Aug. 5, 2003. Forecasters predicted a new all-time British high temperature of 100 degrees for the following day.
An unidentified traveler cools his forehead with a cold soft drink can as he waits for a train at the Bond Street underground station in London, Aug. 5, 2003. Temperatures reached 86 degrees in normally-cool Britain, although it was even hotter in the depths of London's underground system.
A Gypsy girl drinks water from a fountain in front of the federal parliament building in downtown Belgrade, Aug. 5, 2003. Serbia's capital was hit by a heat wave with maximum daily temperatures of 91 degrees.
A cargo ship is stranded by the low water level of the Sava River in downtown Belgrade, Aug. 5, 2003. The heat wave that's gripped Serbia and much of Europe has sent the River Danube to its lowest level in the last 160 years.
Csami, a 7-year-old African elephant, stays cool in the pool during heavy heat at the zoo in Erfurt, eastern Germany, Aug. 4, 2003. Germany was experiencing a hot and dry summer, with temperatures ranging from 90 to 100 degrees.
Laszlo Tabori gets a kiss from 10-year-old Californian sea lion Sjors as his colleague, Judit Gabor, background, plays with 3-year-old Californian sea lion Jacques in the animals' enclosure at Budapest's Metropolitan Zoo, Aug. 5, 2003. With temperatures reaching 91 degrees in the Hungarian capital, the sea lions stayed cool in the water of their enclosure.
Pigs take a mud bath to cool off from the heat in Trimmis, Switzerland, Aug. 5, 2003.
Boats lay on the dry bank of the river Doubs, near Viller-le-Lac, France, July 15, 2003. Two months of drought has left the banks of the river, which runs between France and Switzerland, dry and crackled.
With most of Britain sweltering under cloudless skies and high temperatures, children jump off a pier into the sea while enjoying the summer in Hastings, England, July 15, 2003.
Kirsty Hatcher, 18, makes good use of her umbrella on the beach in Bournemouth, England, July 15, 2003.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shelters from the sun under a parasol as she meets guests during a garden party in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, July 15, 2003. Temperatures in London hit 86 degrees.
A man walks on stones at the river Rhine near Grissheim, southern Germany, July 15, 2003. An ongoing heat wave has dropped the water level of the Rhine significantly.
Romanian children cool off in a fountain in downtown Bucharest, Romania, July 3, 2003. One infant died and dozens of people were treated with heat related problems in hospitals as Romania faced a serious heat wave, with temperatures reaching above 100 degrees.
With temperatures hovering at 104 degrees, a bather takes a shower at Vouliagmeni beach, near Athens, Greece, July 3, 2002.
A group of American tourists take refreshment as wind sprays water from the fountain of Neptune in fashionable Piazza della Signoria in central Florence, Italy, July 2, 2003. Temperatures reaching 104 degrees blanketed much of the country.