Abdulla Iyaan

Curved building with mural on grassy hill

Hikers on a scenic mountain ridge overlooking a valley.

People gathered at a colorful mural on a curved wall.

Silhouetted city skyline at sunrise over the ocean.

Sunset over a city skyline with people on a walkway.

Snow-capped mountain peaks rise above a village.

The Maldives is a republic lies south-west of the Indian sub-continent. It is made up of a chain of nearly 1,200 islands, most of them uninhabited. None of the coral islands stand more than 1.8 metres (six feet) above sea level, making the country vulnerable to any rise in sea levels associated with global warming.

the sun is setting over the ocean on a cloudy day