Maldives: Top Photos

A thousand coral atolls barely above the Indian Ocean's surface

Sandbank at Kuramathi Island, Maldives
The sandbank at Kuramathi Island — a thin strip of white sand curving into open water. We can walk around the entire thing in five minutes, and it's somehow perfect. © MBraun Germany, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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