HANGA ROA, Easter Island, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic. According to municipal data ...

Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island that were singed ... have survived centuries of famine, war, epidemics and colonisation, while the island's population has fluctuated from the brink ...

It was previously believed that the indigenous population on Easter Island had collapsed in the ... mismanagement resulted in famine, war and cannibalism. Dylan Davis, an environmental ...

The famous statues on Rapa Nui — also known as Easter Island — have suffered "irreparable" damage in a fire, local authorities said. A photo shared by the municipality of Rapa Nui on social ...

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Hundreds of mass graves were also found, underscoring calls for charges of war crimes against Russia ... Wonder what Ukraine and Easter Island have in common? Their stone babas!