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TO GO WITH “VANUATU-WEATHER-CYCLONE-OPTIMISM” BY GLENDA KWEK
Photo taken on March 17, 2015 shows local children playing in water amongst the debris of fallen trees just outside Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila after Cyclone Pam ripped through the island nation. Despite the devastation from Cyclone Pam the people of Vanuatu have kept positive, typifying the cheerful outlook and easy demeanour that has seen the island nation described as the “happiest place on earth” almost a decade ago by British think-tank New Economics Foundation. AFP PHOTO/Jeremy PIPER