Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
A skateboarder is silhouetted as he jumps high at the skateboard park during sunset on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures Wednesday to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns that such extreme weather could become the new normal amid a decades-long drought. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)