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Girl pleads for world leaders to save her country from climate change
A 13-year-old girl has called on world leaders to act on climate change and save her country, Tuvalu.
![Vanuatu, one of the countries to bring the case, was hit by two Category 4 cyclones within 24 hours of each other in March last year [File: Nick Perry/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP966446518101-1716337769.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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