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Brazil's Jadson Andre competes in the round one of the Billabong Rio Pro men's surfing competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday.
Large abandoned ships rust on Nigerian beach
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A man sits near an abandoned ship that lays beached near Takwa Bay just off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday. Abandoned ships are an environmental threat to the area as the wrecks of various large rusting hulks litter the coastline of Nigeria, without the funds or incentive to clean-up the strand.
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A group of people walk along the corniche area toward abandoned ships that lay beached near Takwa Bay just off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria.
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Men stand by an abandoned ship that lays beached near Takwa Bay.
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Justino Zambrano, a tourist from Las Vegas, pushes Teresa Zambrano into the ocean in Santa Monica, California on August 24. A heat wave is hitting Southern California with parts of Los Angeles likely to reach 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.6 degrees Celsius) Thursday through Saturday.
California dreamin'
Check out more images of summer on PhotoBlog and in our summertime fun slideshow.
Scenes of summer in Whitstable, England
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A young couple kiss behind a row of beach huts on Wednesday, Aug. 3, in Whitstable, England.
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People enjoy a walk in the sea on a shingle bank known as The Street on Wednesday in Whitstable.
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Dresses for sale hang above an old rowing boat on the seafront on Wednesday in Whitstable.
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A mother and child walk between beach huts on Wednesday in Whitstable.
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A couple rest under umbrellas on the beach on Wednesday in Whitstable, England.
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People sunbathe on the packed Gandia Beach in Valencia, Spain, on Monday, Aug. 1. August is the main holiday month in Spain, with thousands of people expected to visit the Mediterranean coastline over the course of the month.
Packing the beach like sardines in Spain
I like going to the beach to escape the crowds, but with the right people, this could be fun.
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People sunbath atop of decrepit communist era bunkers on the shore in Qerret beach on July 13, 2011. During its self-imposed isolation under the communist regime, Albania built half a million bunkers all over its territory to protect itself from an invasion that never came.
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Libyans enjoy a day on a beach in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, May 3.
Enjoying the beach in Tripoli
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A man relaxes in a beach chair at the Baltic Sea coast in Zingst, northeastern Germany, on May 2. Meteorologists forecast unsettled weather with temperatures around 10 degrees Celsius for the region.
Endangered sea turtles dying in high numbers along Mississippi Gulf shore
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A dead sea turtle is carried out of the surf by Donald Tillman April 14, in Waveland, Mississippi. Local turtle activists Donald and Shirley Tillman say they have discovered 19 dead sea turtles in Mississippi in the month of April alone and suspect they are dying due to the effects of the BP oil spill. Endangered sea turtles and dolphins are still dying in high numbers in Mississippi, which continues to be impacted by tar balls and weathered oil. There have been 67 reported sea turtle deaths through April 11. April 20th marks the one-year anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
The BP spill hasn't been the environmental nightmare many thought, but it's still a nightmare in terms of the impact on locals trying to recover.
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A dead sea turtle is painted red as marked for removal nearly a week after it was pulled out of the surf in Waveland.
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Shirley Tillman looks on next to what she believes is oil mixed with dispersant in Waveland.
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A dying seagull is pulled away from the surf by Donald Tillman in Waveland.
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Activist Shirley Tillman writes a message in the sand next to dead sea turtle after it was pulled from the surf in Waveland.
Bridging time in a bottle: 5-year-old's note surfaces after 24 years
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In this Friday, March 11 photo, Daniil Korotkikh holds a bottle with a letter he found on a beach at the village of Morskoye on the Curonian Spit, 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Kaliningrad, Russia. The 13-year-old Russian, was walking with his parents on a beach when he saw something glittering lying in the sand. It was a bottle with a letter sent by German boy 24 years ago in the Baltic Sea.
As a child, I always hoped I'd find something like this. It's a remarkable story. According to AP: A 13-year-old Russian, Daniil Korotkikh, was walking with his parents on a beach when he saw something glittering lying in the sand.
"I saw that bottle and it looked interesting," Korotkikh told The Associated Press. "It looked like a German beer bottle with a ceramic plug, and there was a message inside." His father, who knows schoolboy German, translated the letter, carefully wrapped in cellophane and sealed by a medical bandage.
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The letter read: "My name is Frank, and I'm five years old. My dad and I are travelling on a ship to Denmark. If you find this letter, please write back to me, and I will write back to you." The letter, dated 1987, included an address in the town of Coesfeld. The boy in the letter, Frank Uesbeck, is now 29. His parents still live at the letter's address.
"At first I didn't believe it," Uesbeck told the AP about getting the response from Korotkikh. In fact, he barely remembered the trip at all; his father actually wrote the letter. The Russian boy and the German man met each other earlier this month via an Internet video link.
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A photo of a young Frank Uesbeck on board a ship, holding a bottle containing a letter shortly before he threw it into the sea, is seen in Coesfeld in this still image taken from recent video footage.
The Russian boy said he does not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea: "It would not have survived in the water all that time," he said. He believes it had been hidden under the sand where he found it — on the Curonian Spit, a 100-kilometer (60-mile) stretch of sand in Lithuania and Russia.
In the web chat earlier this month, Uesbek gave Korotkikh his new address to write to and promised to write back when he receives his letter. "He'll definitely get another letter from me," the 29-year-old said.
Uesbeck was especially thrilled that he was able to have a positive impact on a life of a young person far away from Germany.A 13-year-old Russian boy discovers a bottle with a message written in 1987 by a 5-year-old German boy and is able to connect online with the now 29-year-old author. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Children react to a wave washing in as they are buried up to their necks in the sand at Agua Dulce beach in Lima's district of Chorrillos Feb. 26. Agua Dulce (Sweet Water) is one of the most popular beaches on Lima's Green Coast.
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Two tourists take a surfing class near a group of fishermen on a beach in Weligama, Sri Lanka on Sunday, Feb. 13.
The country saw a 46.2 percent spike in tourism in January compared to last year, data showed on Monday.Girls take surfing lessons on the beach in Sri Lanka
I'm ready for summer. Now.