Instead, beyond the rock overhang, it's pouring, waves of water relentlessly slapping the giant fronds of the jungle. It always seems to rain at night here in the mountains of Papua New Guinea.

A volcanic island geographically isolated from its nearest neighbours by impenetrable jungle and choppy waters, and lying a mere five degrees south of the Equator, Papua New Guinea is one of the ...

Celebrants gathered outside Port Moresby, Papua ... New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were among the world’s last wild places. Largely unmapped and inhabited by headhunters and cannibals, the ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off the coast of the New Britain region in Papua New Guinea, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday. The quake was at a depth ...

A tsunami warning was canceled for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was shallow, striking the Pacific island nation at a ...

A “tsunami threat” was issued for some parts of the coast of Papua New Guinea. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said waves of 3 to 10 feet above normal tidal levels were possible near the quake ...

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