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Faces of Rapa Nui

The Wall Street Journal

February 21, 2026

European explorers landed on Easter Island in the 18th century. Disease and emigration soon followed.

- BY ADAM KUPER

FIVE GUYS The “moai” statues of Easter Island.

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This story is from the February 21, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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