Belgian beach brawl fuels virus, political, climate tension
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Police patrol the beach on horseback at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A vendor, asks children to use hand sanitizer before using an amusement ride on the beach at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)People wait to board a train in Brussels to the Belgian coastal resort of Blankenberge, Belgium on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. The coast is just a 90-minute train ride from the capital Brussels, and other places where people who seldom have cars could get away from it all and cool off are poorly served by public transport. Many youths were boarding trains in Brussels Tuesday, but Knokke-Heist station was almost empty. (AP Photo/Sylvain Plazy)A woman wheels a man in a wheelchair along a part of the beach designated with social distancing markers at the Belgian seaside resort of Knokke, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. At the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, where golf carts with license plates ply well-kept streets, there was ample room to stretch out on the local beach this week. Local authorities have banished day trippers from Belgian cities or France from its 15-kilometer (10-mile) stretch of sands until the heat wave is over. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)People walk on the promenade along the coastline at the Belgian seaside resort of Knokke, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. At the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, where golf carts with license plates ply well-kept streets, there was ample room to stretch out on the local beach this week. Local authorities have banished day trippers from Belgian cities or France from its 15-kilometer (10-mile) stretch of sands until the heat wave is over. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)Count Leopold Lippens, the Mayor of Knokke-Heist, speaks with the Associated Press during an interview at his house in Knokke, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. At the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, where golf carts with license plates ply well-kept streets, there was ample room to stretch out on the local beach this week. Local authorities have banished day trippers from Belgian cities or France from its 15-kilometer (10-mile) stretch of sands until the heat wave is over. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A woman reads a book on a nearly empty beach at the Belgian seaside resort of Knokke, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. At the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, where golf carts with license plates ply well-kept streets, there was ample room to stretch out on the local beach this week. Local authorities have banished day trippers from Belgian cities or France from its 15-kilometer (10-mile) stretch of sands until the heat wave is over. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A boy looks up as a vehicle surveys the beach at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A vintage Mercedes is parked on a tree lined street in Knokke, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. At the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, where golf carts with license plates ply well-kept streets, there was ample room to stretch out on the local beach this week. Local authorities have banished day trippers from Belgian cities or France from its 15-kilometer (10-mile) stretch of sands until the heat wave is over. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)People sit on the beach at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)Children play in a pool which has been set up for them on the street in the Molenbeek district of Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Local authorities have been back and forth about banishing day trippers from the Belgian seaside, leaving inner city children and others with little alternative to deal with the current heatwave. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)People lay on chairs at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)Two children play next to a statue along the coastline at the Belgian seaside resort of Knokke, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. At the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, where golf carts with license plates ply well-kept streets, there was ample room to stretch out on the local beach this week. Local authorities have banished day trippers from Belgian cities or France from its 15-kilometer (10-mile) stretch of sands until the heat wave is over. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A man drives his small cart into a garage in Knokke, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. At the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, where golf carts with license plates ply well-kept streets, there was ample room to stretch out on the local beach this week. Local authorities have banished day trippers from Belgian cities or France from its 15-kilometer (10-mile) stretch of sands until the heat wave is over. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A vendor, left, carries a box selling Boules de Berlin at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A boy waits with his backpack on the promenade overlooking the beach at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)People shop on the promenade at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)A sign, left, advises people that wearing a protective face mask is obligatory on the street, as two men have a beer in an open cafe at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Police patrol the beach on horseback at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)