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Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris offers a look back at the tragedy and road to recovery.

The Micronesian exodus is taking tens of thousands of people to communities throughout the U.S. By some estimates, 30 percent of those in the Pacific region have left their home countries, with about half of the immigrants now living on the mainland.

Pohnpei and Kosrae are two places where the residents live simple rural lifestyles, with fishing and farming as a way of life. But many people also struggle with alcohol and drug abuse and U.S. dollars do little to help pay for services.

Photographer Mark Edward Harris traveled throughout Micronesia and captured some of the many intriguing faces of the islands.

Nuclear testing took a heavy toll on the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and ’50s, and health effects remain. Today, the low-lying atolls are threatened by climate change.

From Majuro to Honolulu, Micronesians as seen through the lenses of Civil Beat photographers.

The poorest of the nations in the Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk is also one of the largest sources of out-migration.

Hawaii and Guam are feeling the effects of thousands of Micronesian immigrants relocating in search of jobs, education and health care. But with the burden on social services comes a rich cultural contribution.

A survivor of radiation poisoning from a 1954 U.S. nuclear test in the Pacific talks about experiencing the massive explosion from his tuna boat.