Traditional carvings adorn the monument dedicated to the victims of the French nuclear weapons tests in Papeete, French Polynesia, on May 07, 2026. Between 1966 and 1996, France conducted 193 nuclear tests in what was then the Overseas Territory of French Polynesia. Forty-six tests were carried out in the atmosphere, producing radioactive clouds that exposed people, fauna, and flora to abnormal levels of radiation. Struggles for compensation and reparations to the victims still continue.
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