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May Day weather breaks UK temperature record

Sunshine drenches much of northern Europe, as the UK enjoys the warmest May Day bank holiday to date.

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The temperature soars in Paris. [Gerard Julien/AFP]
Published On 7 May 2018
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Blue skies in London tempts locals to the parks. [Peter Nicholls/Reuters]
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Sunshine on the banks of the Oosterscheld Delta in the Netherlands. [Olivier Hoslet/EPA-EFE]
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The beach huts are packed in Cayeux-sur-Mer in northern France. [Pascal Rossignol/Reuters]
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Flowers bloom in Minsk as the sun shines on Belarus. [Tatyana Zenkovick/EPA-EFE]
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Hard to tell whether this cow near Schmalkalden in Germany is enjoying the sunshine or not. Cows are a tough read. [Filip Singer/EPA-EFE]
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Geneva's famous fountain sprays water into the blue sky. [Valentin Flauraud/EPA-EFE]
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Not all of Europe is enjoying the warm weather. In Sarajevo, umbrellas were up as thunderstorms raged across Bosnia and Herzegovina [Fehim Demir/EPA-EFE]