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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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Photo: Posto 9 on Ipanema beach
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Rio’s beaches are divided into several postos marked by lifeguard posts. Posto 9 on Ipanema Beach is, hands down, the most famous spot on the beach.
Photograph by Claudio Edinger

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