Children play in a makeshift pool in the back of a pick-up truck as the temperature soars, at a camp for the internally displaced in Idlib, north-western Syria. All photos: AFP
Children play in a makeshift pool in the back of a pick-up truck as the temperature soars, at a camp for the internally displaced in Idlib, north-western Syria. All photos: AFP
Volunteers spray water for the children to cool down.
Volunteers spray water for the children to cool down.
A woman cools down her tent with water amid soaring temperatures in a camp near Syria's Bab Al Hawa border area with Turkey.
A woman cools down her tent with water amid soaring temperatures in a camp near Syria's Bab Al Hawa border area with Turkey.
Volunteers provide ice for internally displaced people at the camp in Killi in rebel-held Idlib, Syria.
Volunteers provide ice for internally displaced people at the camp in Killi in rebel-held Idlib, Syria.
Children play in a makeshift pool in the back of a pick-up truck in Killi, where the temperature has regularly exceeded 40°C in the past few days.
Children play in a makeshift pool in the back of a pick-up truck in Killi, where the temperature has regularly exceeded 40°C in the past few days.
The sun beats down on the camp in Killi.
The sun beats down on the camp in Killi.
An inventive method for keeping cool.
An inventive method for keeping cool.
Many in Idlib province will be delighted to know that cooler temperatures are forecast for the week ahead, with highs of about 33°C. Nights will remain warm with lows of 21°C.
Many in Idlib province will be delighted to know that cooler temperatures are forecast for the week ahead, with highs of about 33°C. Nights will remain warm with lows of 21°C.

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Syria's soaring temperatures – in pictures

Sizzling summer heat offers no respite for the country as it remains embroiled in a long-running civil war

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August 07, 2022

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