Beach

People fly kites during the 32nd International Kite Festival at the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, northern France, on April 18th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People look at a dead grey whale washed ashore at Maria Martha beach on September 12th, 2017, in the Rosarito, Baja California state of Northwestern Mexico.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Confronting our mortality with vague metaphors, religious glosses, and computer analogies.

• By Colin Dickey