EditorialWendy Sherman at a ceremony honoring the Battle of Guadalcanal, where her father fought, in Honiara, Solomon Islands on Aug. 7, 2022. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialA group of young men gathers to watch and practice for a dance competition outside a destroyed building with scrawled messages criticizing the Chinese presence, in China Town, a suburb in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Aug. 5, 2022. (Matthew Abbott/The New Y
EditorialConstruction of a stadium, being built by China for the Pacific Games next year, in Honiara, the Solomon Islands' capital, Aug. 6, 2022. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialThe U.S. combat ship USS Oakland visited the capital of the Solomon Islands as part of a ceremony in marking the 80th anniversary of the Guadalcanal battles, in Honiara, Solomon Islands on Aug. 7, 2022. ( Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialCaroline Kennedy, U.S. ambassador to Australia and daughter of John F. Kennedy, presents medals to Nelma Ane and John Koloni, the descendants of men who saved her father during World War II, in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Sunday Aug. 7, 2022. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force of forensics officers on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, inspecting the home in Honiara, in the Solomon Islands, where bomb disposal experts were killed. (Royal Solomon Islands Police Force via The New York Times)