Top 10 Wired.com Heat Photos, Decided by Us

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Photographer's comment:"The National Front, the far-right political party in France, came in second place in the first round of voting in the presidential elections on April 21, 2002. The results of this vote set off a series of demonstrations in the streets, one almost every day.”
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"A Key West, Florida, street performer who juggles fire. Heat."

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"summertimes..."

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"Sesnon Fire."

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”Ground squirrel beating the heat in the Kalahari.”

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"Road to Sharoura, southern KSA near Yemeni border ... just before my car broke down ...."

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"Recently harvested sugarcane fields are set on fire to enrich the soil and promote the canes regrowth outside Mysore, India."

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" We see it every day, and it's shaped our entire world.”

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"... or trying to at least. It was almost as hot here when Pvt. Eric Williams was home on leave as it has been for him where he serves as a medic in Iraq."

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"Female camels in waiting."