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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

I'm Sam.

And I'm Rob.

What do Britain, Greenland, Australia, Hawaii and Cuba all have in common, Rob?

Are you planning your summer holidays, Sam?

Or is it that they're all islands?

That's right, Rob. They are all islands.

But that's about all they have in common.

There's as much variety in the world's islands as in the people who live there.

In tourist holiday magazines, specific islands like Fiji, Tonga and Tahiti

look like paradise with tropical rainforests, white sandy beaches and turquoise blue sea.

But in reality, life is far from paradise for these island communities.

In 2022, the island of Tonga suffered a tsunami, a huge wave caused by an earthquake

that flowed in land, killing people and causing large-scale damage.

The destruction was terrible and added to the continuing crisis of rising sea levels,

threatening the island's survival.

In this programme, we'll be hearing some Pacific Islander voices and, as usual,

learning some new vocabulary too. But first, I have a question for you, Rob.

We already named some islands, large and small,

but how much of the world's population do you think lives on an island?

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