What a heat wave looks and seems to feel like….

America is sweating this weekend, blanketed by a “heat dome” that spread from the middle part of the country to the Great Lakes and the East Coast.

New York is hotter than New Delhi, Washington feels like Death Valley and Cincinnati is warmer than Nairobi. Millions of people are finding different ways to cope with the dangerously high temperatures — above 100 degrees in some places….

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From left, Anthony Delgato, 10; Ruviel Delgato, 13; and Jellyxia Delgato, 12; play in the waves at Montrose Beach in Chicago on Sunday.CreditLaura McDermott for The New York Times

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Randy Kong kept himself cool with a bottle filled with ice while performing at the Downtown Farmers’ Market in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.CreditKC McGinnis for The New York Times

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In Chicago, where temperatures reached the 90s on Friday, Peluche Mochen, 9, aimed a fire hydrant stream at Fernando Uribe, 11.CreditAlyssa Schukar for The New York Times

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Sunbathers and cliff jumpers gathered at Devil’s Pool in Wissahickon Valley Park in Philadelphia.CreditMark Makela for The New York Times

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