Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine on Saturday as the authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923 after an extensive clean-up operation spurred on by it being used as a venue in the Paris Olympics.

Paris opens up the River Seine for public swimming for the first time in over a century:: Paris, France:: Bathing in the long-polluted waterway has been banned since 1923 due to poor water quality:: July 5,