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Your pictures: New York heatwave

Ice-cream vendor, Brooklyn, New York

Readers have been sending their pictures of how New Yorkers are dealing with the sweltering heat. Adrian Kinloch sent this picture of an ice-cream vendor in Brooklyn.

Women in Brooklyn, New York

Adrian Kinloch also sent this image of women attempting to protect themselves from the sun.

Young girl, Brooklyn, New York

A girl tries to cool down with a drink in Brooklyn. (Pic: Adrian Kinloch)

Children playing in Harlem, New York

These children in Harlem use the fire hydrant to cool off. (Pic: Bharath Rajagopalan)

A man sprays water from a hydrant across a New York street

But, as Andrea Hetherington's picture shows, hydrants are not just being used by children...

A dog cools down beside a fire hydrant in Prince Street, New York

...or by humans. New York's dogs are also using them for relief. (Pic: Toke Nygaard)

Children pose for a photograph

These children had time for a quick photograph between showers, in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan. (Pic: Tomasz Kaszczuk)

Women in kiddie pool on a rooftop in New York

Andrea Ozbolt: "The kiddie pool provided only temporary relief for us in this weather." If you have pictures of the New York heatwave you can send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.






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