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Ukraine's Odesa defies war as heatwave sends crowds to the beach

Despite the ongoing threat of Russian attacks, crowds flocked to Odesa's Black Sea beaches to escape a record-breaking European heatwave pushing temperatures past 30°C. Seeking relief from both the intense summer heat and the pressures of the invasion, beachgoers swam and sunbathed under the shadow of war.