This year’s top islands, as voted in our “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2025, span 18 countries, from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific.

In 2023, expect to see small nations increasingly push for global transformation, led by the V-20 – the finance ministers of the countries most vulnerable to climate change.

Solomon Islands will maintain uninterrupted access to the global financial system through its participation in a World Bank project to strengthen correspondent banking relationships in the Pacific ...

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Small-scale, big impact: new insights to marine biodiversity around the Cape Verde Islands New study links comprehensive interdisciplinary datasets with small-scale physical ocean processes ...

Whitsunday Islands, Australia Credit: flickr The Whitsunday Islands along the Australian coast offer peaceful snorkeling locations amidst stunning natural beauty.

Tariffs on the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are largely populated by penguins and uninhabited by people, prompted jeering on social media last week.

Satellite images show how cruise lines like Carnival and Royal Caribbean are transforming the Caribbean landscape with resort and island developments.

Satellite images show how cruise lines like Carnival and Royal Caribbean are transforming the Caribbean landscape with resort and island developments.