Amid an East Coast heat wave, an Orthodox Jewish man takes part in a protest coinciding with a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Michael Reynolds / EPA)
New York denizens, from left, Hye Han, Wonsup Hwang and Hye’s brother, John Han, take advantage of spray from a hose in a pond in Central Park. (Craig Ruttle / Associated Press)
People try to cool off as they sit around the fountains at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Temperatures soared across the upper East Coast on Wednesday, reaching 102 degrees in the nation’s capital. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Anthony Andrews and Carolyn Cutillo stay cool frolicking in a fountain in Washington Square Park in New York. (Keith Bedford / EPA)
Grinning despite the heat wave: A girl takes her bike through a water-spray maze in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)
