I do not want to leave this place,” I scribbled in my journal the night we flew home. I meant it. Rio de Janeiro has that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Short, and dark, and young, and tired, the seal on Ipanema was basking ... The fur seal on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beach was turning heads of locals and tourists alike Wednesday ...

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