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# Papua New Guinea


## Papua New Guinea


* ![People dig through debris at the site of a landslide in Yambali village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e341e8cf7ff1e2e/698a574716d884afc0c3eb37/papua-new-guinea.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 28, 2024  
## [How to Help Papua New Guinea Landslide Relief Efforts](https://time.com/6982692/help-papua-new-guinea-landslide/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Armani Syed
* ![US-VOTE-POLITICS-BIDEN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2da6950cebc2c7c8/698a55d347ca38bfa63bd6cd/biden-papua-new-guinea.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 22, 2024  
## [Papua New Guinea’s PM Hits Back at Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ Claim](https://time.com/6969618/joe-biden-uncle-cannibals-papua-new-guinea-backlash/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Koh Ewe
* ![Papua New Guiney Prime Minister James Marape waits for French President Emmanuel Macron at APEC haus in Port Moresby on July 28, 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff8ac178b811739/698a48ab096a9438896af0e0/james-marape-papua-new-guinea.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 19, 2024  
## [Papua New Guinea Massacre: What to Know](https://time.com/6696387/papua-new-guinea-tribal-violence/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![People run with merchandise as crowds leave shops with looted goods amid a state of unrest in Port Moresby on Jan. 10, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40582fc3c8fe34de/698a43c14ee262840931c1c4/papua-new-guinea-unrest-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 11, 2024  
## [Papua New Guinea In State of Emergency As Riots Kill 16](https://time.com/6554231/papua-new-guinea-riots-police-pay-protests/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman and Armani Syed
* ![Russias PM Medvedev at 2018 APEC Summit in Papua New Guinea](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81cfd006f8c7820f/69893f61457a52e059d5fea0/gettyimages-1062722746.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 17, 2018  
## [APEC Summit: World Leaders Savage 'America First'](https://time.com/5457956/pence-png-apec-xi-jinping-china/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell  
* ![PNG-APEC-SUMMIT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83932cc841971b72/69893f08457a521c94d5fe18/gettyimages-1060946470.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2018  
## [APEC Leaders Descend on Papua New Guinea](https://time.com/5453956/apec-summit-2018-papua-new-guinea-png/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![Five of the 40 Maseratis transported to Papua New Guinea for the APEC summit in November](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ec37ca7f9293bcf/69893c7d929fad6598bf1d18/img_40851539088640.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 12, 2018  
## [Papua New Guinea Government Criticized After Buying 40 Custom Maseratis](https://time.com/5423045/papua-new-guinea-maseratis/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Meets With Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd9da34bb3a721cf/698931d0db2987ddcc25fcc6/gettyimages-490329518.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 30, 2018  
## [Report: Papua New Guinea to Shut Down Facebook for One Month](https://time.com/5294869/papua-new-guinea-facebook-shutdown/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Laignee Barron
* ![PNG-QUAKE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd23e3f3d1e0c8b94/698929998fd2eebc4a35ae66/gettyimages-925161800.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 5, 2018  
## [Death Toll Rises as Aftershocks Rattle Papua New Guinea](https://time.com/5185057/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-aftermath/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![\(FILE\) Manus Island Detention Centre](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4777f2cf4d8cf11b/6988e44aab6d775de56b073b/gettyimages-174319951.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 10, 2017  
## [Australia Is Responsible for the Manus Island Detainees, U.N. Says](https://time.com/5018419/un-manus-australia-responsible-asylum/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler  
* ![AUSTRALIA-IMMIGRATION-REFUGEE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7eb6524b29413e8f/6988d18e86f68e411f6e5212/gettyimages-612789384.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2017  
## [Australia Will Pay Manus Island Asylum Seekers $52 Million](https://time.com/4817582/australia-manus-asylum-seeker-settlement/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![Students Shot During Anti-Government Protest In Port Moresby](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fabcf38200efb92/6988970c8e06019eaa4663c6/gettyimages-538732434.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2016  
## [Papua New Guinea Moves to End Student Protests](https://time.com/4362252/papua-new-guinea-students-protest-corruption/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Lewis
* ![Heavily-armed Papua New Guinea police form a roadblock, preventing students from leaving the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt620add304f0510f7/698896e60a4a22236a9c9fe4/rtsghzp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 8, 2016  
## [PNG Police Fire on Students, Killing 4](https://time.com/4360829/papua-new-guinea-police-students-protest-killed/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Lewis
* ![This is an closeup satellite image of the Topside detention camp in Nauru taken on July 24, 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c61f21c4ad52fef/6987ec74cd1bba090c6f9194/nauru-detention-center1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 11, 2016  
## [A Bangladeshi Refugee Has Died on Nauru](https://time.com/4325828/bangladesh-refugee-rakib-nauru-australia/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Lewis
* ![Australia: Thousands rally to let refugees stay](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c35bf5eec85cfc1/698890d7196cf4204c03b5e6/ap_85325544749.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 27, 2016  
## [PNG Will Close Manus Island Detention Center](https://time.com/4309119/manus-island-detention-center-papua-new-guinea-australia/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Rivett-Carnac

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