Heat wave scenes

The region is currently enduring the third heat wave of the summer, with temperatures threatening to reach 100 degrees. See how Bostonians are feeling the heat.

Pictured: Kellie Rodricks from Dunedin, Fla., found a shady spot along the frog pond in the Boston Common to read a book.

Sushi, a river otter at the Stone Zoo, ate a frozen fish to combat the heat.

A child cooled off in the fountain at the Christian Science Church complex.

Head baker Aldo Parziale wiped sweat from his face while working in the kitchen at A. Parziale’s & Sons Bakery.

Tourists sat under the shade of a tree by the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial near the front of the Massachusetts State House.

House painter Jesus Rubela wiped the sweat from his face while restoring a home in South Boston on Wednesday.

A woman read a book in the shade under a tree on the Charles River Esplanade on Tuesday. A comfortable breeze off Boston Harbor kept temperatures in the high 80’s in the city, while much of New England sweltered in oppressive heat.

The ying and yang of dealing with the heat, Liam Henderson of Hanover who works in Boston could not take the sun anymore even with an ice coffee while walking through the Seaport District in South Boston but a jogger dealt with the heat in a different fashon.

A boat sailed along the banks of the Charles River near the Arthur Fiedler Memorial on the Esplanade on Tuesday.

Beachgoers headed for the water on Light House Beach in Chatham to cool off.

A man cooled off on the shore of Castle Island in the South Boston neighborhood on Wednesday.

A woman used an umbrella to cover herself from the midday sun while walking to Chinatown on Tuesday.