Vicky Carmen Lacerda Michal, a Mozambican sociologist at the FAYA Foundation, poses for a photograph inside a office, in Santo Antonio, in Principe Island in Sao Tome and Principe, on August 3, 2026. According to Vicky Carmen Lacerda Michal, the foundation tries to preserve nature and this conservation generates income. "We have been granted reserve status, so we must maintain it. We use technology to assess the island's current state of conservation, a platform collect data, drones to help us access areas that are inaccessible to humans." (Photo by Daniel BELOUMOU OLOMO / AFP via Getty Images)