6df5da30c22a47ffa0c7582b5266158f/NEW CALEDONIA - THIRD REFERENDUM FOR INDEPENDANCE
Election observers attend the counting of ballots after a referendum vote in Noumea, New Caledonia, Sunday Dec.12, 2021. Voters in the French island territory of New Caledonia chose overwhelmingly to stay part of France, in a referendum boycotted by pro-independence forces and closely watched around the South Pacific. Separatist activists had urged a delay in the vote because of the pandemic, and were angry over what they called French government efforts to sway the campaign. (AP Photo/Clotilde Richalet)
