Heat wave strikes China

A girl practices swimming in an outdoor pool in Chengdong Park in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province on July 24. The temperature reached 40.4 C, a record high for the past 62 years in the city. [Photo by Li Zhong/Asianewsphotos]

Children enjoy swimming in an outdoor pool in Chengdong Park in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province on July 24. [Photo by Li Zhong/Asianewsphotos]