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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Illustration Scotland Nairn

An elderly man is bathing in the North Sea. Scotland, Highland, Nairn, September 8, 2025. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Temperature Hit Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JUNE 17, 2024 - A citizen wearing a face-kini with sun protection cools off in the water at the No. 1 Bathing Beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, June 17, 2024.

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High Temperature Hit Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JUNE 17, 2024 - Tourists enjoy the cool water at the No. 1 Bathing beach in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, June 17, 2024.

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High Temperature Hit Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JUNE 17, 2024 - Three people wear face-kinis to cool off in the water at the No. 1 Bathing Beach in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, June 17, 2024.

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High Temperature Hit Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JUNE 17, 2024 - Tourists enjoy the cool water at the No. 1 Bathing beach in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, June 17, 2024.

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Japan beach receives international Blue Flag award

YOKOSUKA, Japan, July 1 Kyodo - Children play in the water at Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on July 1, 2016, the first day of the sea-bathing season for the beach. The beach has received the Blue Flag designation, an international award given by the Copenhagen-based Foundation for Environmental Education to beaches and marinas that implement sustainable management and meet high standards in safety and conservation.

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Fukushima beach kicks off sea-bathing season

IWAKI, Japan - Local tour guides frolic in the water at the Nakoso swimming beach, one of two beaches open to bathers in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a ceremony marking the formal start of the sea-bathing season on July 20, 2014.

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Bathing Indian way

CHENNAI, India - Women in traditional clothing take a dip at a beach in Chennai, southeastern India, on Dec. 19, 2010. Local women often wear traditional clothing, including saris, when bathing in the sea.

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

KOBE, Japan - People gather at Suma sea bathing beach in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21 amid a spell of hot weather.

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

FUJISAWA, Japan - Colorful parasols are seen on the Katase Higashihama beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 21 as people flock there for sea bathing amid a spell of hot weather.

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-AERIAL PHOTO

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo shows people bathing near sharks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of northern Israeli city of Hadera on April 20, 2021. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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Three Japanese swimmers

Three Japanese girls lay in a line, on a beach wearing swimming costumes and hats. Date: 1932

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Japan beach receives international Blue Flag award

A flag is hoisted at a lookout station on Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo on July 1, 2016, the first day of the sea-bathing season for the beach. Yuigahama beach and Wakasa Wada beach in Fukui Prefecture were the first in Asia to receive the international Blue Flag designation, an award given by the Copenhagen-based Foundation for Environmental Education to beaches and marinas that implement sustainable management and meet high standards in safety and conservation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zushi beach kicks off sea-bathing season

Children play in the water at a beach in Zushi, near Tokyo, on June 24, 2016, marking the start of the sea-bathing season in the Kanto region surrounding the capital. It was cloudy, however, and an 11-year-old girl said the water is still cold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zushi beach kicks off sea-bathing season

Children play in the water at a beach in Zushi, near Tokyo, on June 24, 2016, marking the start of the sea-bathing season in the Kanto region surrounding the capital. It was cloudy, however, and an 11-year-old girl said the water is still cold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beach in Zushi opens to public

Children play at a swimming beach in Zushi, near Tokyo, on June 26, 2015, after it opened to the public to mark the start of the sea-bathing season. The municipal government said it will work to make the beach "the safest and most enjoyable" location for swimming in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beach in Zushi opens to public

Children play at a swimming beach in Zushi, near Tokyo, on June 26, 2015, after it opened to the public to mark the start of the sea-bathing season. The municipal government said it will work to make the beach "the safest and most enjoyable" location for swimming in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

KOBE, Japan - People gather at Suma sea bathing beach in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21 amid a spell of hot weather. (Kyodo)

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

FUJISAWA, Japan - Colorful parasols are seen on the Katase Higashihama beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 21 as people flock there for sea bathing amid a spell of hot weather. (Kyodo)

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

A road to Honmoku and Negishi was built for foreigners in 1864. Horse carriages were able to pass the following year, and many visitors came along the foot of the hill to enjoy the scenic beauty of Honmoku Juniten Shinto Shrine. Teahouses were built along the road, and people enjoyed bathing and gathering shellfish.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number68‐3‐2]

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

A road to Honmoku and Negishi was built for foreigners in 1864. Horse carriages were able to pass the following year, and many visitors came along the foot of the hill to enjoy the scenic beauty of Honmoku Juniten Shinto Shrine. Teahouses were built along the road, and people enjoyed bathing and gathering shellfish.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐28‐0]

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

A road to Honmoku and Negishi was built for foreigners in 1864. Horse carriages were able to pass the following year, and many visitors came along the foot of the hill to enjoy the scenic beauty of Honmoku Juniten Shinto Shrine. Teahouses were built along the road, and people enjoyed bathing and gathering shellfish.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐34‐0]

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

A road to Honmoku and Negishi was built for foreigners in 1864. Horse carriages were able to pass the following year, and many visitors came along the foot of the hill to enjoy the scenic beauty of Honmoku Juniten Shinto Shrine. Teahouses were built along the road, and people enjoyed bathing and gathering shellfish.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐5‐0]

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

A road to Honmoku and Negishi was built for foreigners in 1864. Horse carriages were able to pass the following year, and many visitors came along the foot of the hill to enjoy the scenic beauty of Honmoku Juniten Shinto Shrine. Teahouses were built along the road, and people enjoyed bathing and gathering shellfish.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐88‐0]

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Tomioka beach

From the early days,Tomioka near Yokohama was a favourite bathing spot for foreign residents of the settlements and was also a cottage area for high ranking government officials.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐11‐0]

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Seabathing

These people are probably searching for turban shells rather than sea bathing. The photo was taken against the light with the white waves etched clearly, showing quite a high level of photographic skill.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐12‐0]

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

In the last days of the Tokugawa period, a promenade for foreigners was opened between Honmoku and Negishi in the south part of the Bluff. Honmoku Juniten was famous for its scencery and had branch roads. The Junitensha is the guardian of Honmoku Hongo village. The photo shows the tea shop protruding to the beach, which was also a bathing spot.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐8‐0]

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Beach at tomioka hachimangu shrine

The caption reads Tomioka in English, but the photo is believed to be the seashore in Tomioka which served as a resort for hotels and high-ranking government officials in the-mid 1870s. It was also famous as a bathing resort from early days. Fishermen in loincloths are preparing to take the Japanese boat to sea.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐23‐0]

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A teahouse at Honmoku Juniten

The caption reads View of Honmoku Bathing Place near Yokohama in English. This is the tea house at Juniten near Honmoku beach, which was a resort and a beach for bathing. The wooden bridge protruding toward the sea may be a pier for boats or for swimming.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐13‐0]

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Bathing Indian way

CHENNAI, India - Women in traditional clothing take a dip at a beach in Chennai, southeastern India, on Dec. 19, 2010. Local women often wear traditional clothing, including saris, when bathing in the sea. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima beach kicks off sea-bathing season

IWAKI, Japan - Local tour guides frolic in the water at the Nakoso swimming beach, one of two beaches open to bathers in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a ceremony marking the formal start of the sea-bathing season on July 20, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan after coronavirus state-of-emergency lifting

Photo taken on May 27, 2020, shows a beach famous for sea bathing in Fujisawa, eastern Japan. Sea bathing facilities will be closed this summer to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea Bathing at Oiso Beach

Sea Bathing at Oiso Beach==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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