The Wider Image: Inuit pride stirs independence mood in Greenland

People look at the sunset as ice floats in Nuuk’s old harbor, Greenland, February 10, 2025. Along with defence and shipping, extracting Greenland’s deposits of uranium, lithium and rare earths on a much larger scale has drawn renewed interest from global powers to the island, most of which is covered in a gigantic ice sheet, has few roads and is battered by unforgiving weather. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier