Kiribati people in fear of submergence

TARAWA, Kiribati - A man points to some ruins believed to be an old gun battery of the Japanese military in Tarawa, Kiribati, in May 2012. The South Pacific island nation is considered particularly vulnerable to global climate change.

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Kiribati people in fear of submergence

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