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Photos: Residents try to cool down, as expected heat wave keeps up

Bostonians seeking relief from the heat gather on a dock by the Charles River Esplanade. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Bostonians seeking relief from the heat gather on a dock by the Charles River Esplanade. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

It's the second scorching hot day of what's expected to be Boston's first official heat wave of the summer. It's also Juneteenth, and there are several events — many of them outdoors — marking the holiday this week.

Sip some lemonade, think on how to safely ring in the summer solstice Thursday and check out these scenes from around Greater Boston of folks surviving and sweating the heat.


Sheltering in shade, people picnic by the lake in Boston's Public Garden. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Sheltering in shade, people picnic by the lake in Boston's Public Garden. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
People shelter from the heat on a shady path in Boston Common. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
People shelter from the heat on a shady path in Boston Common. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Escaping the heat, canoeists paddle across Storrow Lagoon on the Charles River. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Escaping the heat, canoeists paddle across Storrow Lagoon on the Charles River. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
People talk and read in shade on the Boston Common. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
People talk and read in shade on the Boston Common. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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