A child cools off in mist at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., on July 18. A heat wave is smothering the Midwest with a heat index well over 100 degrees in most places. Cooling centers are opening, and farmers are scrambling to prevent more livestock deaths.
PHOTO: Nati Harnik/AP
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