PHOTOS: DC tries to beat the heat

A hot streak of weather for the D.C. region keeps on sizzling. And residents are doing their best to stay cool.

Micaela Montelara plays in the fountain at Georgetown Waterfront Park during a heatwave on August 13, 2021, in Washington, DC. - July was the hottest month ever recorded, according to data released, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on August 13, 2021. The combined land- and ocean-surface temperature around the world, according to NOAA, was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit (0.93°C) above the 20th century average of 60.4F (15.7°C) since record-keeping started 142 years ago. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
People exercise on the National Mall as temperatures are expected to reach near 100 degrees Fahrenheit on August 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The DC metropolitan region is under a heat advisory as a third day of extreme heat and humidity hits the nation's capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
People watch the sunrise from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as temperatures are expected to reach near 100 degrees Fahrenheit on August 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The DC metropolitan region is under a heat advisory as a third day of extreme heat and humidity hits the nation's capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: People walk along the National Mall as temperatures reached 97 degrees fahrenheit on August 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. A recently released climate report from the United Nations predicts that the world will continue to warm with devastating heat waves, floods and fires becoming more frequent. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: People walk toward the Washington Monument on the National Mall where temperatures neared 100-degrees across the region for a second day in a row on August 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Heat domes in Pacific Northwest and the East are generating a wide expanse of abnormally high temperatures have put 150 million Americans under alert. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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