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Surfing

Surfers enjoy the waves near Tsurigasaki Beach, the surfing competition venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Ichinomiya Town, Chiba prefecture, Japan July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Surfers enjoy the waves near Tsurigasaki Beach, the surfing competition venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Ichinomiya Town, Chiba prefecture, Japan July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Image: REUTERS/Issei Kato
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