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MAG · 23 September 2026

Nobody's Yet

A wide, empty sandy beach at dawn; a lone figure in an orange jacket on the left; a long pier with a row of lit lamps in the distance, mountains behind it and a low band of mist over the water
A wide, empty sandy beach at dawn; a lone figure in an orange jacket on the left; a long pier with a row of lit lamps in the distance, mountains behind it and a low band of mist over the water

Photograph: MAG · Description: AI

The beach still belongs to nobody. The sand carries the tracks of yesterday’s people and none of today’s, apart from one orange dot on the left.

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