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Baghdad hits records with blazing heat

An Iraqi man uses an atomizer made available for people outside a shop selling cooling and ventilation products on July 20, 2016 in the capital Baghdad, on the first day of a two-day official holiday that the Iraqi authorities announced due to a heat wave in the country. (AFP)

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Baghdad

With temperature soaring above 50 degrees Celsius, the Iraqi capital these days is breaking the record for merciless hot weather. The government has announced a two-day holiday and cautioned people against going out between 9 in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. But Press TV's Altaf Ahmad didn't heed the caution and went out to send us this report .


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