In Brazil, thousands enjoyed a fireworks display on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
Moroccans tend the sunloungers on the beaches and toil on building sites alongside Bulgarians and Romanians.
"Three of them were on the beaches for the D-Day Invasion, " Porter said.
It's a fitting honor for someone whose bravery directly aided American soldiers on the beaches of Normandy, O'Donnell said.
If the oil starts to come ashore on the beaches of the four states under threat it could get worse for the company.
If you allowed vehicles on the beaches while they are nesting, people would not be able to see them and would run them over.
Yet many islands have seen that the growth of the tourism industry, which depends largely on the beaches, often creates problems for those same beaches.
People in Orange County, on the beaches south of Los Angeles, are increasingly fond of Priuses, but still Republican enough for Mr Rogers's inland state.
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In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made his famous "We shall fight on the beaches... we shall never surrender" speech to the House of Commons.
As a staff sergeant with the 293rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Lewis landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and had been fighting for nearly a year.
Some federal officials have cautioned that dredging and spraying the sand could permanently alter the water flow along the coast and endanger animals that live on the beaches.
According to Tavares, July is historically the month when more birds arrive at the center for rehabilitation after washing up on the beaches weakened, injured or covered in oil.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, NPR's Fred Child has the story of Scotland's "Mad Piper" Bill Millin, who played on the beaches for his regiment on June 6, 1944.
Football played a key part in both men managing to survive the mental scars of their experiences during World War II with Mr Hughes even enjoying a kickaround on the beaches of Dunkirk.
It's perhaps a desire to emulate the likes of Bordeaux -- as well as a desire to keep fit -- that motivates young Senegalese men to work out on the beaches of Dakar.
While many remember dramatic Swiss Alps ski scenes with machine guns setting off avalanches, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" opens on the beaches of Portugal, with James Bond staying at the Hotel Palacio overlooking the Bay of Cascais.
The British historian Andrew Roberts, whom I ran into on the beaches of Normandy on the sixtieth anniversary of D-Day, told me that something like 95 per cent of the allied troops who died that day were English-speaking.
She painted with heated wax, shopped, took strolls on the nearby beaches and bonded with the other female vacationers.
Dive boats stop on the island, and travellers can spend the time drifting in the lagoon on a makeshift bamboo raft, lounging on the perfect beaches and exploring the mangroves.
In 1943, Mr Rawls signed up as an infantry private and fought on the Pacific beaches.
Rent a scooter the next day to explore the hidden beaches on the south coast.
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Harvesters pick the seaweed on beaches, cutting the plants with a short-bladed knife to allow them to regrow.
The secluded beaches on the western coast of the island, from Willemstad north to Westpunt, are popular for snorkelling and sunbathing.
Have Secret Hvar take you to one of the secluded beaches on the island's south coast before heading back to town.
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The hang-out of superstars in summer, and a strangely quiet, pretty seaside town the rest of the year, St-Tropez has by far the best beaches on the coast.
The public prosecutor of the city of Brest said on Monday that tar balls found on beaches in the south of the Finistere department were probably from the wreck.
The obvious first step on a Sri Lanka architectural itinerary is the 17th-century walled Galle Fort, one of seven Unesco World Heritage sites on the island, and set just steps away from those glorious beaches on the south coast.
So baby sea turtles get out of the nest on sandy beaches and try to make their way into the sea.
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