Beaches

Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would impose a nationwide ban on burkinis if elected back to the presidency in 2017.

The U.K. has cleaner beaches and natural protection and shouldn't risk the environment by leaving.

Newsweek's resident beach expert steers you to the world's best places to dig your toes into the sand.

Flip flops optional.

It's only sort of as gross as it sounds.

In the past five years, the seaweed has begun to turn up in unprecedented amounts.

Newsweek's clean-beach finder lets you locate the cleanest beach in your area.

The beach town that swells from 3,800 residents to 45,000 every Summer has worked assiduously on keeping its water clean