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Photographs have emerged of armed French police confronting a woman on a beach and making her remove some of her clothing as part of a controversial ban on the burkini.

Authorities in several French towns have implemented bans on the burkini, which covers the body and head, citing concerns about religious clothing in the wake of recent terrorist killings in the country.

Related: France's burkini ban row divides government as court mulls legality

The images of police confronting the woman in Nice on Tuesday show at least four police officers standing over a woman who was resting on the shore at the town's Promenade des Anglais, the scene of last month's Bastille Day lorry attack.

After they arrive, she appears to remove a blue long-sleeved tunic, although one of the officers appears to take notes or issue an on-the-spot fine.

The photographs emerged as a mother of two also told on Tuesday how she had been fined on the beach in nearby Cannes wearing leggings, a tunic and a headscarf.

Her ticket, seen by French news agency AFP, read that she was not wearing "an outfit respecting good morals and secularism".

"I was sitting on a beach with my family," said the 34-year-old who gave only her first name, Siam. "I was wearing a classic headscarf. I had no intention of swimming."

Related: I created the burkini to give women freedom, not to take it away | Aheda Zanetti

A witness to the scene, Mathilde Cousin, confirmed the incident. "The saddest thing was that people were shouting 'go home', some were applauding the police," she said. "Her daughter was crying."

Last week, Nice became the latest French resort to ban the burkini. Using language similar to the bans imposed earlier at other locations, the city barred clothing that "overtly manifests adherence to a religion at a time when France and places of worship are the target of terrorist attacks".

The Nice ban refers specifically to the truck attack in the city on 14 July that claimed 86 lives, as well as the murder 12 days later of a Catholic priest near the northern city of Rouen.

The ban by several towns will come before France's highest administrative court on Thursday following an appeal by the Human Rights League, a French NGO. It is challenging the decision by a lower court in Nice, which upheld a ban on the outfit by the town of Villeneuve-Loubet.

Villeneuve-Loubet, just west of Nice, was among the first of 15 towns to ban the burkini, triggering a fierce debate in France and elsewhere about the wearing of the full-body swimsuit, women's rights and secularism.

A Corsican mayor has also banned burkinis, amid tensions on the island and violent clashes between villagers and three Muslim families. Skirmishes at a beach in the commune of Sisco earlier this month left four people injured and resulted in riot police being brought in to stop a crowd of 200 Corsicans marching into a housing estate with a high population of people of North African origin, shouting "this is our home".

A police investigation is under way to determine the cause of the violent brawl, although there has been no confirmation from authorities as to whether anyone on the beach was wearing a burkini at the time.

Nevertheless the local Socialist mayor, Ange-Pierre Vivoni, banned the garments, describing the measure as necessary to "protect the population".

The Nice tribunal ruled on Monday that the ban in Villeneuve-Loubet was "necessary, appropriate and proportionate" to prevent public disorder after a succession of jihadi attacks in France.

Related: Women in burkinis and men in suits | Letters

The burkini was "liable to offend the religious convictions or (religious) non-convictions of other users of the beach," and "be felt as a defiance or a provocation exacerbating tensions felt by" the community, it added.

The ruling by the state council, France's highest administrative court, will provide a legal precedent for towns to follow around the country.

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French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban

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Photographs have emerged of armed French police confronting a woman on a beach and making her remove some of her clothing as part of a controversial ban on the burkini. Authorities in several French towns have implemented bans on the burkini, which covers the body and head, citing concerns about religious clothing in the wake of recent terrorist killings in the country.

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Ah, a new day, a new terrible thing on the internet. Yes, it is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the brands are at it again. Overnight, popular carbonated sugar water company Pepsi released their new advert featuring known attractive person Kendall Jenner.

Here is that advert.

Gotta give it to #Pepsi, who knew you could defuse a protest by simply handing a can of Pepsi to a cop pic.twitter.com/5l0DZFPKpF

- Shibbir Ahmed (@Shibbir1) April 5, 2017

Yes, we see Kendall doing some modelling, before a passing protester gives her a cheeky inclusive wink, and she puts the trappings of capitalism away to go on a march. There, she sees a police officer giving a black protester a dirty look. She offers him a delicious Pepsi ©. He drinks the Pepsi, and smiles, for racism is now dead.

Viewers were quick to point out the absurdity of this commodification of protest imagery and trivialisation of police brutality:

Yes, this is definitely The Worst thing about this video. But there are so, so many Bad Things here. Let's take a closer look at all of them, in excruciating detail, in chronological order:

1. Why is Kendall Jenner doing a shoot in a random doorway? What is it for? Homebase? Wickes?

2. Why has this person brought a cello to a protest? Did he not read the NYMAG guides? Because, mate, not bringing a really heavy musical instrument as you pound the streets all day is like, protesting 101. He gives her a not-at-all creepy nod that says, "Come, join us in the struggle over vague platitudes."

3. The signs, oh good God, the utterly meaningless signs. "LoVE", "PEACE", "uniTY", the real kicker, "Join The conversation!" (How long do we think it will be before Pepsi responds to the backlash by saying "We wanted to spark a conversation, so thanks to all who engaged with out message.") There's also one that looks like a no entry sign behind a blue heart? What does that mean? No love?! I'm getting mixed messages here, guys.

4. Kendall looks at the crowd - her interest is immediately piqued. I'm not sure why, because those generic signs give absolutely no clue as to what they could be fighting for. This could be an anti-Kardashian protest for all Kendall knows. But it is of no consequence. Literally just seeing unspecified protests is enough for Kendall to get involved, she doesn't give a flying one what it's for, she just wants to get those heels on the concrete. She is a protest junkie.

5. So moved is Kendall that she immediately whips off her blonde wig and throws it at the nearest black woman. She can deal with it, right? Like, what else would she be here for?

6. The blonde wig reveals an identical haircut, but brown, because everyone knows brown hair is more serious.

7. She smudges her purple lipstick across her face, dramatically. How did that help anything, Kendall. Calm down.

8. The signs get even stupider. Because Pepsi wants to, like, be as cool as protesting, but not with any of that weird divisive stuff like "women and black people are human beings, too".

9. Enter misguided character: Only Kinda Racist Cop.

10. Kendall has miraculously changed into a totally new outfit (we call this look, "I'm just like you, but better!") complete with perfect make up and pale pink lipstick. This is not what happens when you rub purple lipstick all over your face, kids. Just FYI.

11. She exchanges a glance with Cello Man, one that says, "Yeah, I dig that you brought a cello here, that seems normal and not at all overly strenuous. We get each other, me and you."

12. Kendall (sorta) fist bumps this guy with her Pepsi hand, which as we all know is code for "I'm not, like, a regular white. I'm a cool white."

13. Which, of course, Only Kinda Racist Cop hates.

14. But Kendall spots his racism a mile off (see: cool white). Don't worry, civil rights movements. Kendall's got this.

15. The nearest woman of colour immediately begins to document this moment of white heroism. Like, what else would she be here for?

16. Kendall approaches the (inexplicably non-armed?!) police in a scene reminiscent of a famous #BlackLivesMatter image, only this time, your Friendly Neighbourhood Only Kinda Racist Cops are not armed (wow, armed, police, that would be scary!), Kendall Jenner is here instead, and there is no actual cause to speak of.

17. Only Kinda Racist Cop sips a cool refreshing Pepsi Max©, and the crowd goes wild.

18. Truly, world peace has been achieved at last.

19. Only Kinda Racist Cop turns to his buddie. "Hey man, what can I say?" his face says. "I'm only kinda racist, and this is a lovely carbonated soda."

20. Live BOLDER, okay? Be MORE cheeky in your interactions with the police! Approach them MORE recklessly! Everything Will Be Fine (As Long As You're White)!

21. Please tell me who thought "Live For Now" would be a good slogan for a drinks campaign riffing on police brutality.

22. That encourages interactions with the police.

23. In a country where minorities are murdered by the police.

If you spot any more glaring horrors - please do add them to the list.

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All 23 things wrong with Pepsi's Kendall Jenner advert

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Ah, a new day, a new terrible thing on the internet. Yes, it is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the brands are at it again. Overnight, popular carbonated sugar water company Pepsi released their new advert featuring known attractive person Kendall Jenner. Here is that advert.

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Pepsi has withdrawn and apologized for a new ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner, after the company faced a backlash for a video that co-opted the imagery of protest movements to sell soda.

"Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding," the company said in a statement to the Associated Press. "Clearly we missed the mark, and we apologize."

Related: From Coke's flower power to Kendall Jenner's Pepsi ad - how ads co-opt protest

The video, which Pepsi had planned to use in a global ad campaign, featured reality TV star and model Jenner coming across a scene of protest. Jenner joins the crowd, which approaches a line of police officers. What could be a tense standoff in the real world defuses into cheers and smiles when the Keeping up with the Kardashians star picks up a can of cola and offers it to an officer.

The image of Jenner approaching the police clearly referenced the iconic photograph of Ieshia Evans, a black woman who stood tall in the face of heavily armored riot police during a Black Lives Matter protest following the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling by police in 2016.

The audacity of co-opting the visual language of resistance movements to sell sugary beverages prompted an immediate and harsh backlash on social media.

Bernice King, the daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, joined the fray on Wednesday, posting a photo of her father with the tag, "If only Daddy would have known about the power of #Pepsi." The video was released on 4 April, the 49th anniversary of King's assassination.

Pepsi initially defended the video, which it said "reflects people from different walks of life coming together in a spirit of harmony", even as the brand became the subject of an endless stream of mocking memes.

Jenner was also the target of much ridicule. "A caucasian, blonde, classically beautiful, affluent, kid born into celebrity probably isn't the person you need to represent struggle and civil unrest," wrote Eric Thomas, a senior partner with Saga Marketing, in a post on LinkedIn.

"We also apologize for putting Kendall Jenner in this position," Pepsi said in its statement.

Pepsi is not the first corporation to attempt to capitalize on the energy of social movements and political protest. Ride-hail company Lyft was widely mocked in March when its CEO described his company as " woke ".

On the opposite side of the spectrum from brands trying to tap into the fervor of the anti-Trump "resistance" is Nivea, the skincare brand which on Tuesday apologized for an advertisement that featured the slogan "White is purity".

The advertisement was greeted with cheers by white supremacists on the internet, prompting Nivea to realize that it had made a terrible mistake.

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Pepsi has withdrawn and apologized for a new ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner, after the company faced a backlash for a video that co-opted the imagery of protest movements to sell soda. "Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding," the company said in a statement to the Associated Press.