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Photo Gallery: Rio de Janeiro in Black and White Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine
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Rio de Janeiro’s magnetic beach culture plays out on Ipanema, where swimming is only the beginning. Soccer and volleyball are also popular beach activities.
Photograph by Claudio Edinger

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