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Added on the 03/06/2020 05:50:35 - Copyright : AFP EN
Swimming is allowed on Ipanema beach as Rio de Janeiro eases coronavirus stay-at-home order restrictions despite Brazil nearing the 30,000 COVID-19 death toll. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro's famed Ipanema beache is deserted, as the city closes its beaches in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. Rio's mayor has warned of a "very critical" situation, with 95 percent of intensive care units occupied at public hospitals. IMAGES
At the surfing hotspot of Lacanau on France's west coast, surfers and swimmers alike hit the waves as beaches begin to gradually reopen on the first weekend since France eased coronavirus lockdown restrictions on May 11. IMAGES
Despite a tsunami advisory for the US West Coast closing beaches for sitting and laying in Manhattan Beach, California, surfers continue to ride the waves and beach volleyball players gather on the sand following an underwater volcano eruption in the South Pacific. IMAGES
Australians exercise as dawn breaks on Bondi Beach on the first day of eased restrictions in Sydney. The city's more than five million residents have been subjected to a 106-day lockdown, designed to limit the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant. IMAGES