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Michaela Blankenship, aged 9, jumps into a pool in her family's front yard as she tries to beat the heatwave in Baltimore this week Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

And there's more extreme weather, this time in Minnesota. Here a street sign shows the depth of floodwaters along Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake, near Duluth Photograph: Clint Austin/AP

Ol' red eyes? Russia's prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, takes a photograph with his mobile phone during a sightseeing trip in Rio de Janeiro last night Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

On manoeuvres: South Korean army soldiers gather to watch South Korea/US joint military live-fire drills at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, near the border with North Korea Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP

Ode to joy: the string section of the Simon Bolivar youth orchestra of Venezuela at Royal Festival Hall last night Photograph: Fotini Christofilopoulou/PR

A woman breaks down after her house was destroyed in a fire in New Delhi. The huge fire gutted around 100 dwellings in a slum and an adjoining scrapyard in the Indian capital Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

Pallbearers carry the white coffins of John Philpott and his brother Duwayne to St Mary's Church in Derby. Hundreds of people gathered for the funeral of Duwayne, aged 13, and his siblings Jade 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jessie, six and Jayden, five, who all died in a house fire in May Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, arrives with Yvette Cooper at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre in London to deliver his speech on immigration and the economy Photograph: Rex Features

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie leave Southwark crown court this morning Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Rain greets the booted and suited at Ascot Photograph: Julian Herbert/Action Images

Ascot looks a breeze compared to this ... Blaise Franklin (L) and Nathan Mursall wallow in the mud at the campsite at the Isle of Wight festival Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Another difficult day for the money men: George Osborne arrives at a European Union finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters

Thousands of supporters of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsi, perform Friday prayers underneath tents erected in Cairo's Tahrir Square Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images

Photographers take pictures of protesters showing their support for Julian Assange outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

The Queen looks delighted as she gets her hands on some silverware after her horse Estimate won The Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Smelling the roses: Aung San Suu Kyi walks with David Cameron in the gardens at Chequers, following their lunch together at the British prime minister's country residence Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images

Police demanding salary increases burn documents outside a police internal affairs building, in La Paz, Bolivia. Protesters were demanding salaries on par with soldiers and a pension equal to 100% of their salaries. Bolivian police earn about $144 a month Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

A brown bear eats a watermelon and other frozen fruits as he stands in the water during a hot day at Biopark Zoo in Rome. Yes, there's a heat wave across Italy with temperatures of around 32C made worse by the warm air from the Scipione wind blowing from north Africa Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters