Brazilians head to the beach
A girl enjoys the Ramos Pool on the day of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of the city in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 20, 2015.
The Ramos Pool, opened in 2001, is an artificial beach associated to a public salt pool which filters the polluted seawater from the Guanabara bay located next to it.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A man sells cocktails at the Ramos Pool on the day of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of the city of Rio de Janeiro, January 20, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
Women without their bikini tops protest against a ban on going topless at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 20, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
Rescue workers prepare to lift a drowning swimmer with a helicopter at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 20, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A woman takes a shower at the Ramos Pool as temperatures reached 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 19, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A man rows a boat besides floated debris at Guanabara bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A boy plays with a kite at the Ramos Pool as temperatures reached 113 degrees Fahrenheit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 19, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A man dives off the rocks at Arpoador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2015.
U.S. government scientists reported that 2014 was the hottest year on record, with temperatures globally measuring 1.24 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the 20th-century average.
Rio residents have been soaking in the cool ocean waters, sometimes into the night.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A woman walks on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A couple kisses on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
Revelers gather and await the first sunrise of 2015 during New Year's festivities at Arpoador on January 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two million revelers flocked to Copacabana Beach to watch the annual New Year's fireworks display at midnight which this year coincided with the start of the city's 450th anniversary celebrations.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A man helps a boy to slackline between the rocks at Arpoador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 11, 2015.
Rio residents flocked to the beach this weekend as summer temperatures soared.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
People gather and bathe on Copacabana beach as night descends in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 17, 2015.
Brazilians normally don't bathe at nightfall in Rio but the summer heat wave has seen people bathing in the ocean into the night.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
People gather and bathe on Copacabana beach as the sun sets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 17, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
People gather on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2015.
U.S. government scientists reported that 2014 was the hottest year on record, with temperatures globally measuring 1.24 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the 20th-century average,
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A man dives off the rocks at Leme Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A man dives off the rocks at Leme Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2015.
Rio beats the heat at the beach
A woman gets into the waters of Copacabana beach as the sun rises in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 12, 2015.