Jumping from a three-metre high diving board. When it's warm enough the outdoor swimming pool in Lausanne Bellerive opens as early as May. (Keystone/Dominic Favre)
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A little shade to eat and drink on the Schwäg Alp in canton Appenzell Outer Rhodes.(Keystone/Ennio Leanza)
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With temperatures close to 30 degrees in Geneva on May 21, cold water is the only answer. (Keystone/Martial Trezzini)
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Long shadows and soft rays - sunset in Les Reussilles in canton Bern. (Keystone/ Martin Ruetschi)
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Barbecue season has begun. A particular favourite in Switzerland is the "national sausage" cervelat. (Keystone/Martin Ruetschi)
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Going against the current - punters from Oberriet gather on the River Limmat near Fahr Monastery in northwestern Switzerland. (Keystone/Christoph Ruckstuhl)
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Chinese volley ball player Wang Jie takes a leap at the Beach Volley World Tour in Gstaad. (Keystone/ Peter Schneider)
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The 170-square-kilometre park in the Engadine in southeastern Switzerland was founded in 1914 and is Switzerland's only national park. (Keystone/Gaetan Bally)
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Unsuitable weather or unsuitable dress? Despite inclement weather women in traditional dress turn out for the Kilchberger wrestling competition on Lake Zurich. (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)
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Hosts of hikers rest near the cooling presence of the Morteratsch glacier at Pontresina in Upper Engadine, canton Graubünden. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini)
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Under the diving board at the Heuried outdoor pool in Zurich. (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)
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Lying flat despite the slope. The terraced hill at the Teufen swimming pool in Appenzell Outer Rhodes provides a perfect sun trap. (Keystone/Ennio Leanza)
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It's a hot one. The thermometer in the shade at the Buchs public swimming baths in the St Gallen Rhine Valley reached 34 degrees celsius on June 22, 2008. (Keystone/Eddy Risch)
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Together is twice the fun. (Keystone/Regina Kuehne)
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A peak-bagger's payday: A climber soaks up the long-distance views from the 2,964m Schesaplana in canton Graubünden. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini)
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From the street to the meadow. Revellers in the Zurich Street Parade relax in the city park last August. (Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Only a shadow of itself. A storm passes over Lake Zurich. (Keystone/Eddy Risch)
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Run for it. Barefoot on the famous Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich. (Keystone/Dorothea Mueller)
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Symmetry and Chaos: Storm clouds threaten the skies over the boat jetty near Rapperswil on Lake Zurich. (Keystone/Eddy Risch)
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A midday break on a "business trip" atop the Schwarzbüel, also known as "Heidi Alp", over Bad Ragaz. In the background spreads the Rhine valley near St Gallen and Liechtenstein. (Keystone/Elisabetha Guenthardt)
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A bolt of lightning scribbles a blast of electric graffiti across the nighttime sky over Zurich. (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)
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Celebrating the founding of Switzerland on August 1, a national holiday, at the Rütli meadow in canton Uri. (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)
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An alpine pasture in Switzerland's National park between Alp Grimmels and Il Fuorn. (Keystone/Gaetan Bally)
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Locarno's rock-hard Piazza Grande doesn't seem like such a bad place to sit when the International Film Festival comes to town. (Keystone/Martial Trezzini)
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The Uhuru festival on the Weissenstein in canton Solothurn brings an unusual mix of music and instruments to an unusual setting, with workshops involving alphorns, tango and beatbox. (uhuru.ch)
Summer is officially here - since June 21.
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