Trying to beat the heat

29 May, 2015

An Indian woman drinks water in Puri, 65km away from the eastern Indian state Orissa’s capital city Bhubaneswar. More than 1,100 people have died due to intense heat wave across India in the last one week, an official said.(Xinhua/Stringer)

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