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A Guna family gazes at the continent from the island of Carti Sugtupu
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The island of Carti Sugtupu, in the Indigenous Guna Yala Comarca, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. All photos: AFP
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A Guna man with his family paddles a canoe off the island of Carti Sugtupu
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A house destroyed by the sea on the island of Carti Sugtupu
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On the tiny Caribbean island, hundreds of people are preparing to pack up and move to escape rising waters that threaten to engulf their homes in time to come
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A Guna woman slices bananas on the island of Carti Sugtupu
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Guna community leaders, known as Saglas, lie in hammocks while receiving people at the congress on the island
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Magdalena Martinez cooking at her home
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A Guna teacher with pupils at the school on the island of Carti Sugtupu
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A Guna fisherman
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Teacher Braulio Navarro at his house on Carti Sugtupu
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A Guna family gazes at the continent from the island of Carti Sugtupu
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The island of Carti Sugtupu, in the Indigenous Guna Yala Comarca, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. All photos: AFP
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A Guna man with his family paddles a canoe off the island of Carti Sugtupu
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A house destroyed by the sea on the island of Carti Sugtupu
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On the tiny Caribbean island, hundreds of people are preparing to pack up and move to escape rising waters that threaten to engulf their homes in time to come
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A Guna woman slices bananas on the island of Carti Sugtupu
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Guna community leaders, known as Saglas, lie in hammocks while receiving people at the congress on the island
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Magdalena Martinez cooking at her home
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A Guna teacher with pupils at the school on the island of Carti Sugtupu
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A Guna fisherman
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Teacher Braulio Navarro at his house on Carti Sugtupu
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A Guna family gazes at the continent from the island of Carti Sugtupu
Photo essay: The Caribbean island affected by climate change-induced rising sea levels
Island inhabitants will move to mainland Panama, putting their culture and way of life at risk
AFP
01 December, 2023
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