The heat is on. Sweaty faces, crowded cold drink outlets, water bottles and caps tell the obvious -- summer is here. The sun has been beating down hard across the country, as temperatures crossed the 40 degree Celsius mark.
In national capital New Delhi, people could be seen rushing to ice cream and juice stalls to seek temporary respite.
Image: A woman beats the afternoon heat with a cold drink in New Delhi.
Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
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