The director general of the Martinique University Hospital said he feared a "surge in intensive care over the next few days", while with 2,260 positive cases and five deaths between 12 and 18 July, Martinique has entered the 4th wave of...

Stockshot mages of the coastline and Fort-de-France in Martinique, as the pressing threat of rising waters on the island grows (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Short film on the island of Martinique where recent riots have erupted.

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Background film of the island which president de Gaulle recently visited.

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Stock shots of the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe.

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In Fort-de-France in Martinique, where a state of emergency has been re-established in the face of the explosion in the number of cases of Covid-19 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Images of schools in Fort-de-France, in locked down Martinique, where the new school year has been postponed until September 13th, as the French Caribbean island struggles to curb the fourth Covid wave (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Archive photos show France's oldest man Jules Théobald, who hailed from the Caribbean island of Martinique, a French overseas department, following his death at the age of 112, at his home in the island's main city Fort-de-France...

Marine snake? no! spotted eel... crawling in the bottom of the sea, in the sand. From Martinique. Really similar in movements to a real snake.

1. Windswept street, tree toppled by winds lying across road, in front of old fort

2. High water and waves buffet wooden jetties in marina, damage to je
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3. Wide shot of large fishing boat in marina...

CLEAN : Hollande lays wreath at tomb of Aime Cesaire

Group of tropical fishes in caribbean artificial reef, used to tie the boats.

beach with exotic plants and white sand

Holiday dream

Turquoise waters, palm trees and sandy beaches...but almost no one can enjoy them (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The sea is rough off Le Marin, in the south of Martinique (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In the French overseas territory of Martinique, the university hospital is struggling to cope with the absence of staff who refuse to be subjected to mandatory vaccination (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Clip 3 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, locals pick bananas, coconuts, pineapples, oranges, mangoes and other fruit. The crops are transported by truck....

In Martinique, the tourism sector has been hit hard. After two years of Covid restrictions, the island is now reeling from a wave of protests, and social unrest, triggered by mandatory vaccination mandates on the island and in...

Clip 1 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, Martinique is pointed out on the map. High angle and aerial footage of the region, its mountains and volcanoes....

Aerial shot of Martinique, ocean and harbor / map of the Lesser Antilles, zoom in on Martinique and Fort-de-France, its capital / aerial shot of Fort-de-France / French Aircraft Carrier Bearn and the French cruiser Emile Bertin in the...

n the fight against drug trafficking, "we know that we are often a step behind", concedes a coastguard in Martinique (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Gendarmes sent as reinforcements to the French overseas territory of Martinique, join local police forces and firemen to clear one of many roadblocks obstructing the island (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, presidential candidate for the left-wing party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), lays a wreath on the grave of poet Aimé Césaire in Martinique and calls on the French to "walk on the path of creolization (Footage...