A young girl living next to the sea in Buota village, on the Pacific island of Kiribati
A young girl living next to the sea in Buota village, on the South Pacific island of Kiribati, watches the sea water during a "king tide" wash over a wall built by her family to protect their land from erosion by the encroaching islands, and their way of life, is endangered by rising sea water levels which are eroding the fragile atoll, home to approximately 92,000 people.
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Location: Kiribati atoll
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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