Slowly swallowed by the sea


Passengers waiting to board a boat taking them back to the island of Bubaque in the Bijagos Archipelago. — AFP

TURQUOISE waves splash against the white sand beaches of the Bijagos archipelago, where locals fear rising sea levels will swallow their islands whole.

Off the Atlantic coast of tropical Guinea-Bissau, the Unesco World Heritage Site is home to colonies of sea turtles, hippos, sharks, manatees, and nearly 850,000 migratory birds.

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