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The Smoke Behind the Sunbeds
Can anything stop Brits booking getaways to a burning continent buckling under ‘hyper-tourism’? By Kamin Mohammadi
In July, an AFP photographer on holiday in southwest France took a snapshot that became the accidental emblem of Europe’s summer. Sunbathers lounged on Lacanau beach as wildfire smoke rose behind them.
It went viral within hours, encapsulating the disconnect at the heart of this summer.
