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Nepali army soldiers move a survivor following flash floods and a mudslide near the Nepal-Tibet border in Nepal, Aug. 27, 2026.
An aerial view shows a torrent of muddy water surging past houses and through the Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli Center in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Sept. 1, 2026.
Rescue workers operate excavators and loaders to repair a damaged road leading to Kyirong Port following a mudslide, in Shigatse, Tibet, Aug. 29, 2026.
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters, right, at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, Aug. 31, 2026.
Tuvalu's Prime Minister Feleti Teo arrives for a meeting during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Sept. 1, 2026.
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung speaks on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, Sept. 1, 2026.
China's special envoy for Pacific Affairs Qian Bo leaves after attending the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Sept. 1, 2026.
Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. and Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung during the inauguration of Taiwan-funded solar energy and electric bus projects in Koror, Aug. 30, 2026, ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.
Artists perform at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, Aug. 31, 2026.
Voters cast their ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in Taipei on Jan. 13, 2024.
Newly elected opposition Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun delivers her speech during the party's National Congress in Taipei, Nov. 1, 2025.
People ride past campaign ads for presidential and parliamentary candidates ahead of the general election in Taipei, Jan. 12, 2024.
A Nov. 5, 2022, photo shows supporters of Chiang Wan-an, grandson of the late president Chiang Kai-shek from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) at a campaign rally in New Taipei City.
People walk past a beach during sunset in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands on June 27, 2024.
The abandoned Pacific Barrier Radar III in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, June 27, 2024.
This map shows the mineral lease sale areas near CNMI as identified by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM. In July, BOEM was reunified with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to form the Marine Minerals Administration.
Polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with coveted metals like cobalt, nickel and manganese, onboard the research vessel in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, June 11, 2025.
Damaged road leading to Kyirong Port following a mudslide, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026.
An aerial view shows the aftermath of flooding in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Aug. 27.
A 2014 photo shows people attending a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the June 4th Tiananmen crackdown.
