Viewfinder: Beating the Heat Near Paris

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Jun 22, 2017

A man and a boy wash and cool off their dog with the water of an opened fire hydrant in Pantin near Porte de La Villette, north of Paris, on June 21st, 2017. — A man and a boy wash and cool off their dog with the water of an opened fire hydrant in Pantin near Porte de La Villette, north of Paris, on June 21st, 2017.
(Photo: Laurent Emmanuel/Getty Images)

A man and a boy wash and cool off their dog with the water of an opened fire hydrant in Pantin near Porte de La Villette, north of Paris, on June 21st, 2017.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

Migrants walk next to the Roya River on August 8th, 2017, in Ventimiglia, close to the French border.

Migrants walk next to the Roya River on August 8th, 2017, in Ventimiglia, close to the French border.

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A man runs away from flames as fire burns the land, east of the Greek capital of Athens on August 15th, 2017. The army was called in to assist firefighters around Kalamos, 30 miles east of Athens, where a fire has been burning since August 13th. In all, 146 fires have broken out across Greece since then, according to authorities.

A man runs away from flames as fire burns the land, east of the Greek capital of Athens on August 15th, 2017.