Tonga, officially known as the Kingdom of Tonga, is an archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Fiji and west of Samoa. It consists of 176 islands, of which only 36 are inhabited.

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...