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The subject — bathers — is as foundational to Modern art as it gets, conjuring Paul Cézanne.

Millions of customers, surfers and bathers have joined a chorus that former pop star Feargal Sharkey has been singing for years - that the sector is a “chaotic shambles”.

At a beach just south of Tel Aviv, bathers cheered and applauded when a lifeguard first announced rumours of the death over a loudspeaker.

The first warning signs were in the Caribbean last year when bathers found the water off the coast of Florida was as warm as a hot tub.

The flat roof above is planted with greenery, so bathers see vegetation around the edges of the skylight during the day.