Photo of the Day

a woman catching a beach ball in Brazil
October 5, 2012

Beachgoer, Rio de Janeiro

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

On sunny days a million people with their sea of umbrellas may crowd Rio’s beaches.

See more pictures from the October 2012 feature story "Playing Rio."


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Photograph by David Alan Harvey, National Geographic

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