Ali Zenaidi cools off in the Arthur J Will Memorial Fountain inside Grand Park during a major heat wave in Downtown. Temperatures are expected to be in the triple digits in most areas of Southern California. According to the national Weather Service, the heat wave is expected to linger into early next week prompting heat advisories and opening of cooling centers.
Ten-year-old Easton Martin stops to cool off in a misting fan while walking along The Strip with his family in Las Vegas.
Downtown high rises are slightly distorted from heat waves in Los Angeles, California.
A digital thermometer marks 127 F (52 C) at the Furnace Creek Vistitor Center in Death Vally National Park, California. Excessive heat warnings will continue for much of the Desert Southwest as building high pressure triggers major warming in eastern California, Nevada, and Arizona.
Jai, a tiger at the Phoenix Zoo, breaks apart frozen trout while sitting in his pool to keep cool.
Dan Kail walks through the sand dunes in Death Vally National Park near Stovepipe Wells, California.
A waterfall at Tempe Beach Park as the temperature climbs to 116 degrees Fahrenheit (46.7 degrees Celsius) in Tempe, Arizona.
A boat cruises under a bank of fog near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Bay Area will see dense patchy fog with daytime highs in the upper 50s to mid 70s.
Mercedez Contreras runs through a fountain at City Scape to keep cool as the temperature climbs to 119 degrees Fahrenheit (48 C) in Phoenix, Arizona.
