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7 Nov 2022
Imagine the following situation: you are at the beach with your friends. Suddenly, someone asks: "Would you like to be a professional model?", what would you do? Cape Verdean Raquel Pinto didn't think twice. She grabbed the opportunity and became an international model.
7 Jul 2022
Bruce’s Beach was purchased in 1912 by Willa and Charles to create a beach resort for black people at a time of racial segregation in Southern California. This prime beachfront was seized from its owner nearly 100 years ago and has been returned to the descendants of the owners.
13 Dec 2021
Nigerians at the Landmark Beach, Lagos talk about having fun during this month's festive season tagged 'Detty December' and plans for the coming new year 2022.
17 Aug 2021
Facilities to encourage visitors to avoid the use of single use plastics are installed by several NGOs and the municipality at the Ayia Triada beach in Paralimni. The beach is now equipped with a water station for cold, filtered and free water. It includes an area for smokers and signs with information on how the visitors can become part of the solution, not the problem are also found at selected points.
23 Jul 2021
Beach huts are a peculiarly British passion. Designed to shield holidaymakers from fair weather or foul, as well as offering the perfect spot to make a cup of tea, the cabins have shot up in popularity during the Coronavirus pandemic, with most overseas travel curtailed, and at Walton on the Naze a beach hut in which overnight stays are not allowed can fetch up to 40,000 pounds (46,000 euros). Two beach hut lovers explain their allure.
28 May 2021
A humpback whale is found dead on a beach along the Mediterranean in southern France, in what experts say was a rare incident.
15 Nov 2020
Back when Israeli bartender Lotem Benbenishti was mixing cocktails for a living, the beach was where she went for fun. But on a recent sunny morning in northern Israel, Benbenishti was hard at work -- scooping plastic off a sandy beach and stuffing it into a garbage bag.
12 May 2019
Scenics of people enjoying beach on the Indian Ocean.
6 Apr 2019
Doyinsola Ogunye left her career as a lawyer to found an NGO which motivates children to learn about marine life and keeping Nigeria's beaches clean.
15 Feb 2017
While hundreds of Kiwis stormed the beach in New Zealand to rescue whales stranded on the shores a few days back, the case was different in Nigeria when residents of Brass Local Government, Bayelsa State found a dolphin.
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