Cool ideas to beat the heat


A man applies reflective paint to the roof of a house that helps keep the indoors cooler in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

For 20-year-old Mayank Yadav, riding a crowded bus in the summer months in this western Indian city can be like sitting in an oven.

That makes it a treat when he steps off and into a bus stop outfitted with sprinklers that bathe overheated commuters in a cooling mist.

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