Featured photojournalist: Rodrigo Abd

A lifeguard watches the beach as lost children wait to be reunited with their families Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A sunbather opens a can of peaches with a knife. Some Peruvians visiting the beach come down from the Andes for their first trip to the seaside Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Six-year-old Maria Kalet lies buried in the sand Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Karina Alvarado and David Enriquez pose for a picture with their daughter. Visitors to the beach can pay five Peruvian soles (£1.25) to get a souvenir photos Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Lifeguards tend to Belen Godinez after she was saved from drowning Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Beachgoers stretch out on the sand while vendors make their way through the crowds Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A woman covers herself with a beach towel. As many as 40,000 working class Limeños a day visit the beach during the summer Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Adela Cabrera, 19, poses for a picture on a horse Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A man cleans out his paddling pool in the ocean Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A man walks along the shoreline next to a message in the sand that reads: 'I love you Alfonzo' Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A woman lounges on a beach chair as gulls pick through litter at the end of the day Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP