Kids play in water to cool off during the scorching weather of a heatwave at a River Landing splash park in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada July 2, 2021. (Photo by David Stobbe/Reuters)

The dramatic moment lightning strikes the sea at Portland in Dorset in southwest England on October 24, 2022. Thundery weather and a dramatic Lightning storm pictured last night at Portland Bill. (Photo by CharlotteChapman/Bournemouth News)

Boat party in Malta on July 17, 2023. Malta is the new party destination. Parties, sеx and bad behaviour mixed with cheap prices and wonderful weather have made malta the place to be. (Photo by Thea Jacobs/The Sun)

A resident walks through heavy snowfall in the Kashmiri city, India on November 11, 2019. There have been several fatalities as the winter weather arrives in the region. (Photo by Saqib Majeed/Barcroft Media)

Seven year old Hungarian herding dog Derci runs along the Olympiaberg hill during stormy weather in Munich, southern Germany, Monday, January 4, 2016. (Photo by Matthias Balk/DPA via AP Photo)

Waves batter the North Devon coast at Ilfracombe, UK on August 23, 2024, as Storm Lilian hits the UK and the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning. (Photo by Mark Passmore Photography)

A long skater speeds away on the rain-wet ice on lake Orlangen, South of Stockholm on December 15, 2013. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around 5 degrees for southern Sweden. (Photo by Tobias Rostlund/AFP Photo)

P.S. All pictures, as usual, are presented in high resolution. To see Hi-Res images – just TWICE click on any picture. In other words, click small picture – opens the BIG picture. Click BIG picture – opens VERY BIG picture (if available; this principle works anywhere on the site AvaxNews).

Anti-frost candles burn in apricot plantations to protect flowering buds and blossoms from frost in the midst of the Swiss Alps, in Saxon, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, 05 April 2019. With an unusually low temperature forecast for the season, fruit growers try to protect their buds from frost damage with two different means, icy water or large candles. (Photo by Valentin Flauraud/EPA/EFE)