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Tuvalu under the wing of an airplane. Aerial view of Funafuti atoll and the airstrip of International airport in Vaiaku. Fongafale motu. Island nation in Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean, Oceania.

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Approaching these islands by plane – after endless miles of rolling ocean – a dazzling smear of turquoise and green appears, ringed with coral and studded with tiny, palm-topped islets, sitting vulnerably in the surrounding waters.

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