Topic - Port Moresby

; Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi) is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 in World War II, as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the Americas. - Source: Wikipedia

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In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, photo, Margaret John smiles as she sells betel nut at the Koki Buai market at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Along with drinking alcohol in public places, chewing betel nut and spitting out the messy remains, has been aggressively discouraged in Port Moresby this year. It's part attempt to literally clean up the coastal city of 300,000 as world leaders briefly descend on it for a APEC summit this weekend and part the latest episode of an ongoing struggle to control betel nut after previous attempts to completely ban it in the city caused chaos. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A performer in traditional clothing and makeup waits for the start of a welcome ceremony for Chinese President Xi Jinping in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. The largely undeveloped South Pacific nation of more than 8 million mostly subsistence farmers hopes the rare world attention generated by its hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic Economic Cooperation meetings will highlight its potential and draw more investors and aid. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Security officials stand outside a perimeter fence for a secured area ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. After three decades of promoting free trade as a panacea to poverty, the APEC grouping of nations that includes the U.S. and China is holding its lavish annual leaders meeting in the country that can least afford it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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