The Second World War is drawing to its exhausted close, but these young Americans still seem to be doing battle with themselves, and, rather than expressing their quandary in song, they carve a woman out of sand on the beach.

NEWYORKER: Sail Away

The grisly discovery was made by a woman walking on Afonwen beach, near Pwllheli, on Tuesday.

BBC: Inspector Lynn Williams at Afonwen beach

Ahead of him on the beach, a boy is spreading lotion on an older woman.

NEWYORKER: Brother on Sunday