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[Minsk, July 23. Girls try to cool themselves in a fountain in Belarus. A heat wave hit the city with temperatures…

[Minsk, July 15. A woman enjoys cooling off in the water-jets of a waterfall in Minsk, Belarus. A heat wave hit the…

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