Record heat in U.K.; France swelters

Britain recorded the hottest day of the year so far on Sunday, with temperatures hitting 32 C.

Here's a look at how a few people were coping:

Locals cool off in the fountains of Royal Festival Hall in London June 27, 2011. Britain's Met Office issued its first hot weather health alert of the summer, as temperatures soared towards 32C. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)

Children play in a fountain near the Tower of London. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

At Trafalgar Square. (Akira Suemori/AP photo)

People enjoy the hot weather at the beach, on the coast of South Shields, England, Monday, June 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

But if it was hot in England, it was scorching in Paris, with temperatures hitting 35 C.:

People cool off in fountains in front of the Eiffel Tower on Monday, June 27, 2011 as temperatures in Paris hit 35 C. (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)

A Parisian and his dog cool off in the Trocadero fountain on Monday. (Michel Euler/ AP Photo)

People sunbathe near the Tuileries garden fountains on Monday. (Jacques Brinon/ AP Photo)

People dangle their feet in the Tuileries fountain on Monday. (Jacques Brinon/AP Photo)