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People shield themselves from the sun in Westminster, London - People cool off at the Trocadero, Paris - Overnight thunderstorms in Weymouth, Dorset - A man braves a sunrise run in Frankfurt, Germany - Orvieto, Italy, where temperatures hit 35C on Thursday - Chamonix, France. Even areas above 1,000 metres have seen 30C temperatures - Firefighters in Paris help a person who fell ill in the heatwave - Temperatures on some London Underground lines have come close to 40C

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