Revelers celebrate during fireworks marking the start of the New Year on Copacabana beach on January 1, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A Muslim woman wearing a Hijab kicks the water in the Mediterranean Sea as a woman wearing a bikini stands nearby at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel August 30, 2016. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)
A house that was slammed off its foundation by Hurricane Isabel sits precariously on the beach one month after it hit Rodanthe, North Carolina October 18, 2003. (Photo by Rick Wilking/Reuters)
A reveller poses for a photo during the LGBT Pride Parade in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 15, 2015. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)
A dog jumps into the air to catch a ball along the beach near the County Kerry village of Rossbeigh, Ireland, February 4, 2018. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)
A man looks out of a window as Palestinians inspect the site and search for casualties of an overnight Israeli air strike on a house at al-Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Issa/Reuters)
Tourists look at other festival-goers playing in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 19, 2013. About 2 to 3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the annual mud festival, according to the festival organisers. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
People stand near beached sperm whales on January 13, 2016, after they became stranded on the Dutch island of Texel the day before. Five sperm whales which became stranded on Texel have died, officials said January 13. Experts said the beached whales had already been badly injured and their chances of survival were poor. Volunteers tried to save them but called off their efforts late in the night because of bad weather and darkness, ANP news agency said. (Photo by Remko de Waal/AFP Photo/ANP)