A large pile of discarded life vests used by informal migrants who recently smuggled themselves across the Aegean Sea from mainland Turkey to Greece, collected from the beaches of Lesvos.

A large pile of discarded life vests used by informal migrants who recently smuggled themselves across the Aegean Sea from mainland Turkey to Greece, collected from the beaches of Lesvos.

A large pile of discarded life vests used by informal migrants who recently smuggled themselves across the Aegean Sea from mainland Turkey to Greece, collected from the beaches of Lesvos.

A discarded child's all-in-one suit used by informal migrants who recently smuggled themselves across the Aegean Sea from mainland Turkey to Greece, collected from the beaches of Lesvos.

A cyclist risea along a beach where a lone tourist sunbathes on a water break. Hotels along Senegambia's beaches are trying to protect themselves from the rising waters due to climate change by buildi...

A large pile of discarded life vests used by informal migrants who recently smuggled themselves across the Aegean Sea from mainland Turkey to Greece, collected from the beaches of Lesvos.

A large pile of discarded life vests used by informal migrants who recently smuggled themselves across the Aegean Sea from mainland Turkey to Greece, collected from the beaches of Lesvos.

A washed up wheelbarrow and the tracks of green sea turtles that visit the beach to lay during their breeding season. The beaches around Itsamia in the north of the Comoros island of Moheli are a glob...

A washed up wheelbarrow and the tracks of green sea turtles that visit the beach to lay during their breeding season. The beaches around Itsamia in the north of the Comoros island of Moheli are a glob...

African penguins perch on a rock at Boulders Beach.

An African penguin lies on a rock at Boulders Beach on the edge of Cape Town.

Wendy Foden of the South Africa National Parks Service, SANPARKS, checks a weather station at Boulders Beach. Foden's work aims to mitigate the impact of climate change on the penguin colony.

African penguins at Boulders Beach in the suburb of Simon's town.

African penguins at Boulders Beach in the suburb of Simon's Town.

Artificial penguin nesting boxes at Boulders Beach.

African penguins at Boulders Beach in the suburb of Simon's town.

Street sweepers clean the promande after a coastal storm.

People walking along the promenade are reflected in a shop window.

A father and son play in the men only section of the Adenya Hotel and Resort swimming pool. Halal hotels have sex segregated swimming pools, beaches, and spa facilities.

A man sunbathes on the beach in the male only area of the beach at the Adenya Hotel and Resort. Halal hotels have sex segregated swimming pools, beaches, and spa facilities.

Young people gather on the beach during the Hemsby Rock'n'Roll and Rockabilly weekend that takes place twice a year, bringing fans of 50s music, cars and fashion together from across Britain.

Whitby beach on a grey day with ponies ready to give children rides, a traditional British holiday activity.

Participants in the semi-annual 'Goth Weekend' walk on the beach in Whitby. Goths, Victorian-era dressers, Steam-Punks and others flock to the town on the Yorkshire coast which is the setting in Bram...

Beach at Birling Gap on the Sussex coast with the Seven Sisters Cliffs in the background.

People take selfies at the beach at Southend-on-Sea, a popular destination for people from London and Essex.

The beach at Southend-on-Sea, a popular destination for people from London and Essex.

Beach huts in Broadstairs, Kent.

Children digging in the sand as the tide comes in on Broadstairs Beach in Kent.

Coastline between Margate and Broadstairs, two seaside towns in Kent.

People enjoy a sunny day on the beach at Southend-on-Sea, a popular destination for people from London and Essex.

The beach at Southend-on-Sea, a popular destination for people from London and Essex.

The beach at Margate, a traditional British seaside resort that included the English painter JMW Turner as one of its visitors. The Turner Contemporary art museum, named after him, was opened in Marga...

Families on the beach at Margate, a traditional British seaside resort that included the English painter JMW Turner as one of its visitors. The Turner Contemporary art museum, named after him, was ope...

Dreamland Amusement Park in Margate, a traditional British seaside resort that included the English painter JMW Turner as one of its visitors. The Turner Contemporary art museum, named after him, was...

The beach at Margate, a traditional British seaside resort that included the English painter JMW Turner as one of its visitors. The Turner Contemporary art museum, named after him, was opened in Marga...

A family with their dogs goes to the beach on the Pembrokeshire coast.

Small figures, including cricket players, dwarfed by cliffs on a beach in Pembrokeshire.

The Seven Sisters Cliffs on the Sussex Coast.

Ed Farndon, a first time fossil hunter, holds a calcite ammonite up to the light during a guided fossil tour in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.

The Farndon family inspect small pyritised ammonites during a guided fossil tour with geologist Paddy Howe on the beach at Lyme Regis. The Farndons came fossil hunting after their daughter, Ellie, hea...

The Farndon family search for fossils during a guided tour with geologist Paddy Howe on the beach at Lyme Regis. The Farndons came fossil hunting after their daughter, Ellie, heard the story of famous...

Ellie Farndon looks for ammonites in loose shingle on the beach at Lyme Regis during a fossil tour with geologist Paddy Howe. The Farndon family came fossil hunting after Ellie heard the story of famo...

Ellie Farndon looks for ammonites with her mother on the beach at Lyme Regis during a fossil tour with geologist Paddy Howe. The Farndon family came fossil hunting after Ellie heard the story of famou...

Migrants's life jackets that artist and beachcomber Moshin Lihidheb has collected from the beaches around the town of Zarzis. In addition to messages, poems and love letters in bottles, he has also fo...

Sandals and other items that artist and beachcomber Moshin Lihidheb has collected from the beaches around the town of Zarzis. In addition to messages, poems and love letters in bottles, he has also fo...

Sandals that artist and beachcomber Moshin Lihidheb has collected from the beaches around the town of Zarzis. In addition to messages, poems and love letters in bottles, he has also found many hundred...

Shamseddine Marzouk stands beside the grave of Rose Marie, a young African woman, who drowned when a migrant boat sank off the north African coast. While many migrants are buried anonymously, after DN...

Shamseddine Marzouk stands beside the grave of Rose Marie, a young African woman, who drowned when a migrant boat sank off the north African coast. While many migrants are buried anonymously, after DN...

Shamseddine Marzouk stands beside the grave of Rose Marie, a young African woman, who drowned when a migrant boat sank off the north African coast. While many migrants are buried anonymously, after DN...

Shamseddine Marzouk stands beside the grave of Rose Marie, a young African woman, who drowned when a migrant boat sank off the north African coast. While many migrants are buried anonymously, after DN...

Roman Shatrov, an environmental activist, cleans beaches, regularly polluted after storms. Shatrov mobilised a group of like-minded friends to claim 29 hectares from a land distribution scheme in the...

Roman Shatrov, an environmental activist, cleans beaches, regularly polluted after storms. Shatrov mobilised a group of like-minded friends to claim 29 hectares from a land distribution scheme in the...

Roman Shatrov, an environmental activist, cleans beaches, regularly polluted after storms. Shatrov mobilised a group of like-minded friends to claim 29 hectares from a land distribution scheme in the...

A tree that formerly adorned a property lost to coastal erosion in Ilha Comprida. Marine erosion is consuming beaches and entire homes along the coast of Sao Paulo state.

A tree that formerly adorned a property lost to coastal erosion in Ilha Comprida. Marine erosion is consuming beaches and entire homes along the coast of Sao Paulo state.

A tree that formerly adorned a property lost to coastal erosion in Ilha Comprida. Marine erosion is consuming beaches and entire homes along the coast of Sao Paulo state.

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

An aerial view of the public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

An aerial view of the public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has...

An aerial view of the public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

An aerial view of the public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has...

An aerial view of the public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has...

a paraglider glides over the sea near the public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in...

Large crowds on a public beach in Wladyslawowo, a small tourist town on the Baltic Sea, on the sunny first weekend of August. This is usually one of the most crowded beaches in Poland and 2020 has bee...

Wallace Guimaraes, 28, checks from the window of his home in the Morro do Vidigal slum if a half an hour long fire fight between drug traffickers and police has finished. During the fire fight which k...

Lines, incorrectly quoted, from Churchill's 'we shall fight on the beaches' speech, written on a wall in Gibraltar.

Dozens of trucks are loaded with sand for construction on Hamilton beach, Sierra Leone. Sand mining is seen as a threat to local beaches and coastal communities.