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    22
    Mar
    2013
    5:02am, EDT

    Divided by class, Peruvians united in love of beach

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A man is silhouetted in a wading pool as he cleans it out in the ocean waters off Agua Dulce beach in Lima, Peru.

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    Beach goers wade on the shoreline of Agua Dulce beach, in Lima, Peru during summertime in the southern hemisphere.

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    Karina Alvarado and David Enriquez pose for a picture with their daughter at Agua Dulce beach. For five Peruvian soles or about two U.S. dollars beach goers can pose for a photo in front of backdrops of their choice that include forest landscapes, exotic beach scenes or atop horses.

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    Lifeguards attend to Belen Godinez on"Agua Dulce" beach after she was saved from drowning in the ocean in Lima, Peru.

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    A woman snacks on mango fruit as her grandson plays nearby on Agua Dulce beach in Lima, Peru.

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    Adela Cabrera, 19, poses for a picture on a horse at Agua Dulce beach in Lima, Peru. For five Peruvian soles or about two U.S. dollars beach goers can pose for a photo to record their day at the beach.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A man opens a can of peaches on Agua Dulce beach in Lima, Peru.

    While Lima's elite spend their summer weekends in gated beach enclaves south of the Peruvian capital, the working class jams by the thousands on a single municipal beach of grayish-brown sands and gentle waves.

    Until the mid-20th century, Lima's lower classes couldn't afford beach-going, said Juan Pacheco, a historian of the city. Road-building to the coast solved that, and the rich began to largely abandon Lima's beaches to the poorer set.

    Now, the only barrier to entry to Agua Dulce beach is two dollars, the price of bus fare to get there and home.

    On some weekends during the Southern Hemisphere summer, which runs from December until March, as many as 40,000 people a day visit the half-mile-long strip of beach. They arrive in groups of 20-30, hauling enormous pots of fragrant chicken and rice.
    – Associated Press

    Editor’s Note: The images for this blog post were shot from January to March, but made available to NBC News today.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A man walks along the shoreline next to a message in the sand that reads in Spanish "I love you Alfonzo,

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    This story was originally published on Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:29 PM EDT

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    The beach looks filthy, look at all the trash.....With that many people in the water and on the beach I would never go into that water. Image all the germs floating around from them relieving themselves in the water. I would hate to have to clean up after this bunch left.

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  • 18
    Dec
    2012
    5:35pm, EST

    Mariana Bazo / Reuters

    Man rescued from building after water main break

    A man is lowered from a building by rescue workers during a flood caused by a broken water main pipe in Lima's southern district of Villa Maria del Triunfo on Dec. 18. At least 300 families have been affected by the flood, according to a press release by Sedapal, the state water company.

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  • 19
    Nov
    2012
    7:15pm, EST

    Peru celebrates culture with bullfighting festival

    All images by Karel Navarro / AP

    A member of folkloric music group 'Los Brillantes de Matacancha' from Huanuco, Peru, performs during a show inside a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18.

    Bullfighter Brayan Quinonez performs during a festival in Peru, Nov. 18.

    Karel Navarro, AP — A festival was organized by Peru’s town of Huanuco to celebrate native customs in culinary art, dance and music.  People from Peru's Andean highlands, who have emigrated for decades to the capital in search for opportunities, organize fairs on various dates on the outskirts of Lima to honor various patron saints, celebrate anniversaries or to celebrate local customs.

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    People watch a parade outside a bullfighting ring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18.

    People watch a show inside a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18.

    Alejandro Evangelista, a musician from the Pomapata Musical Center, pours himself a beer after performing in a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18.

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    If a GOP/Tea Begger gets gord in the butt? Does that mean that they are full of crap?

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  • 18
    Oct
    2012
    6:52pm, EDT

    Peru honors 'The Lord of Miracles,' patron saint of Lima

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A woman burns incense during a procession honoring "The Lord of Miracles," the patron saint of Lima, in Lima, Peru, Oct. 18, 2012.

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    Under a rain of rose petals, people participate in a procession honoring "The Lord of Miracles," the patron saint of Lima, in Lima, Peru, Oct. 18.

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    Women participate in a procession honoring "The Lord of Miracles," the patron saint of Lima, in Lima, Peru, Oct. 18.

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    A police officer receives communion during a procession honoring "The Lord of Miracles," the patron saint of Lima, in Lima, Peru, Oct. 18.

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    People participate in a procession honoring "The Lord of Miracles," the patron saint of Lima, in Lima, Peru, Oct. 18.

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  • 7
    Sep
    2012
    1:41pm, EDT

    Young ballerinas compete on Peru's national stage

    Martin Mejia / AP

    Ballet dancers watch a classmate as they practice for a competition between ballet schools at the National Superior Ballet School in Lima, Peru on Aug. 28. Nearly 100 girls and boys from Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, France and Peru are submitting themselves to a week-long competition hoping to win medals from Peru's national ballet school, and perhaps a grant to study in Miami.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    A young ballet dancer warms-up before performing in a competition between ballet schools at the National Museum in Lima, Peru on Sept. 3.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    A ballet dancer trains for a competition between ballet schools at the National Superior Ballet School in Lima, Peru on Aug. 28.

    Ballet is all they think about.

    Nearly 100 girls and boys from Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, France and Peru are submitting themselves to a week-long competition hoping to win medals from Peru's national ballet school - and perhaps a grant to study in Miami.

    The competitors range in age from 9 to 18, and take dance extremely seriously.

    Continue reading.

    -- Associated Press

    Martin Mejia / AP

    Ballet dancers prepare backstage for a competition between ballet schools at the National Museum in Lima, Peru on Sept. 3.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    A dancer from Venezuela's Nueva Era del Ballet school practices in the lobby of the National Museum for a competition between ballet schools in Lima, Peru on Sept. 3.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    Ballet dancers practice for a competition between ballet schools on the stage at the National Museum in Lima, Peru on Sept. 3.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    Ballet dancers from Venezuela's Nueva Era del Ballet school sit in the National Museum as they watch others practice for a competition between ballet schools in Lima, Peru on Sept. 3.

     

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    I wish the world was less oppressive, violent and more just, so I could feel more appreciative for this art-form! Too many people in the world starving, being oppressed, being killed and suffering from homelessness!!

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  • 28
    Aug
    2012
    6:19pm, EDT

    Peruvians remember victims killed during Shining Path insurgency of 80s and 90s

    Martin Mejia / AP

    Two men plant rosebushes in memory of the victims of the two-decade fight between the military and Shining Path rebels, at a memorial in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 28. Between 1980 and 2000 tens of thousands of Peruvians died during the Maoist-inspired Shining Path insurgency.

    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    A relative of victims murdered during the guerrilla war in the Andes in the 80s and 90s, attends a commemorative ceremony in downtown Lima on Aug. 28. Peruvians affected by the war held a ceremony and marched in the capital Lima on the 9th anniversary of the adoption of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, to urge the government to set aside state cash to compensate victims of political violence committed in the 1980s and 1990s.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    A woman holds a photo of her dead son during a memorial honoring the victims of the two-decade fight between the military and Shining Path rebels in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 28. Between 1980 and 2000, tens of thousands of Peruvians died during the Maoist-inspired Shining Path insurgency.

    Martin Mejia / AP

    Ashaninkas Indians attend a memorial honoring the victims of the two-decade fight between the military and Shining Path rebels in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 28. Between 1980 and 2000 tens of thousands of Peruvians died during the Maoist-inspired Shining Path insurgency.

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  • 26
    Jul
    2012
    9:00pm, EDT

    Inmates prepare for Peru's independence day celebrations

    Inmates prepare to parade the courtyard of a pavilion at the Lurigancho prison on July 26, 2012.

    By Mariana Bazo / Reuters

    Lurigancho prison, with more than 9,000 inmates, organized a military parade to celebrate Peru's Independence and promote the integration of prisoners into society, according to their press release. Peru will celebrate its Independence Day on July 28.

    Inmates and police sing the national anthem as they watch a parade to celebrate Peru's Independence at the Lurigancho prison on July 26.

    Inmates march to celebrate Peru's Independence on July 26.

    An inmate decorates the fence of Lurigancho prison during Independence celebrations on July 26.

    Inmates weave bracelets in their rooms on July 26.

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  • 24
    Jul
    2012
    6:20pm, EDT

    Silvia Izquierdo / AP

    A patient from the Larco Herrera psychiatric hospital wears a Peruvian independence hero costume during a parade at the hospital in Lima, Peru on July 24, 2012. The parade was organized ahead of Peru's Independence Day celebration on July 28.

    Psychiatric patients celebrate Peru’s independence

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  • 30
    Mar
    2012
    7:02pm, EDT

    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    "Bam Bam", a 16-month-old sea lion rescued a year ago from the city's sea shore, swims at the Parque de las Leyendas Zoo in Lima March 30, 2012. He was brought to the zoo near death, made a full recovery and was symbolically baptized under the launch of the campaign "Adopt an Animal" organized by the Zoo, to sensitize the community about the care of vulnerable and endangered species.

    Rescued sea lion makes full recovery in Lima

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  • 9
    Mar
    2012
    8:33pm, EST

    Look inside Peru's largest children's home

    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    Children look through a window of a room at the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home in Lima, Peru on March 9.

    The Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home is the biggest of its kind in Peru with 82 years of history providing shelter for more than 400 children who are abandoned, orphaned, homeless or in dire need.

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    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    A boy walks through the hall of a building at the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home in Lima.

    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    A girl holds a towel after using the bathroom at the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home in Lima.

    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    A social worker washes a child's face at the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home in Lima.

    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    Children watch television at the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home in Lima.

    Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters

    Children's toys are seen in a room at the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar children's home.

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  • 17
    Feb
    2012
    4:03pm, EST

    Fire sweeps through market in Lima, destroying 500 stores

    Raul Garcia / EPA

    Dozens of people sift through remains of their stores after a fire swept through a market in Lima, Peru on Friday. The fire destroyed at least 500 stores, no casualties were reported.

    Raul Garcia / EPA

    People sift through remains of their store after the fire.

    Raul Garcia / EPA

    A man pours water on smoldering remains of a store.

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  • 28
    Jan
    2012
    7:17pm, EST

    26 killed in fire at rehabilitation center in Peru

    Ernesto Benavides / AFP - Getty Images

    Relatives of patients of the "Christ is Love" rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addicts react after a fire in San Juan de Lurigancho district, in Lima, Peru, on Jan. 28. A fire swept through a drug rehabilitation center in a densely populated area of Lima Saturday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 12 others who were trapped inside.

    AP reports:

    "This rehabilitation center wasn't authorized. It was a house that they had taken over ... for patients with addictions and they had the habit of leaving people locked up with no medical supervision," Tejada, the health minister, said.

    Authorities said they did not know how many people were inside the center at the time of the fire. They said they were looking for the center's owners and staff, some of whom apparently fled the scene.

    Full story: Peru: 26 killed in fire at rehabilitation center

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    The bodies of people who were killed in a fire lie on the ground as firefighters try to revive others after removing them from the Christ is Love center for drug and alcohol addicts in Lima, Peru, Jan. 28.

     

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