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A view of a moai statue near the town of Hanga Roa on Easter Island, 2,486 miles west of Santiago, Chile. Easter Island's mysterious moai, giant head statues carved out of volcanic rock, are in danger of being destroyed by years of tropical rains and wind as well as careless humans and farms animals. Experts have called on the international community to commit funds to preserve the monoliths, whose mystery draws tourists to the world's most remote inhabited island.

A view of a moai statue near the town of Hanga Roa on Easter Island, 2,486 miles west of Santiago, Chile. Easter Island’s mysterious moai, giant head statues carved out of volcanic rock, are in danger of being destroyed by years of tropical rains and wind as well as careless humans and farms animals. Experts have called on the international community to commit funds to preserve the monoliths, whose mystery draws tourists to the world’s most remote inhabited island.   (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

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Easter Island’s mysterious moai, giant head statues carved out of volcanic rock, are in danger of being destroyed by years of tropical rains and wind as well as careless humans. Efforts are ongoing to study and preserve the moai, whose mystery draws tourists to the world’s most remote inhabited island.

Easter Island

A night view of moai statues at Anakena beach on Easter Island.   (Carlos Barria / Reuters)

Easter Island

A resident of Easter Island looks out to sea from a cave in Easter Island. The ancestors of residents of Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui, carved and mounted the huge stone head statues staring out to sea, that the island is famous for. Though the island currently belongs to Chile, islanders are pressuring the government to grant them autonomy, like France did with Tahiti.   (Carlos Barria / Reuters)

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