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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.
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.
Solar panels and wind turbines at a renewable energy farm in Lingwu, in China's northern Ningxia region, Dec. 22, 2025
Chinese ambassador to Vanuatu Li Minggang in a meeting in Port Vila with Vanuatu's ombudsman Hamlison Bulu, March 3, 2026.
Artists perform a Chinese dragon dance during a ceremony to mark the arrival of a Chinese naval hospital ship in Honiara, Solomon Islands Aug. 19, 2023.
In this image released by the Chinese government, PNG Prime Minister James Marape visits Guangdong, China, April 28, 2026.
A visitor walks on a beach with the background of Guan-Tang LNG Receiving Terminal, a major liquefied natural gas import facility in Taiwan, March 25, 2026.
Staff from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Papua New Guinea donating rice to the Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby, Dec. 20, 2021.
A Chinese-style gate in front of a project site called Chinatown that stopped construction due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, May 18, 2023.
Youth walk past an under-construction medical center financed by the Chinese government, in Honiara, Solomon Islands, April 21, 2024.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale (front right) and Chargé d'Affaires P. Daniel O'Hara of the U.S. Embassy sign a shiprider agreement aboard the visiting U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane off the coast of Honiara, July 28, 2026.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale (foreground, center) and Chargé d'Affaires P. Daniel O'Hara of the U.S. Embassy (foreground, right) aboard the visiting U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane off the coast of Honiara, July 28, 2026.
