US heat wave: 5 places that make it look milder

What may be a record-setting summer in America is relatively routine in other parts of the world that experience months of weather like this – and not necessarily with air conditioning.

3. Baghdad

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An Iraqi man jumps into the Tigris river to join other swimmers in Baghdad on July 16, 2010 as temperatures continue to rise.I

Forecast high today: 111 degrees

Average high for July: 111 degrees

Average high for June and August: 108 degrees

Average low: 78 degrees

Average relative humidity: 36 percent

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