Mutinous soldiers continue to occupy a barracks at Labasa, on Fiji's second-largest island, Vanua Levu.

ECONOMIST: Fiji

Many Indians are reported to be fleeing the eastern part of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, to more tranquil areas.

ECONOMIST: The Pacific

"You can put one foot on one side of the date line and one foot on the other, " says Simon McGree, chief climate scientist at the Fiji meteorological office on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu.

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