New Caledonia's President of the Provincial Assembly of South Province, Sonia Backes, left, talks with President Louis Mapou and Congress President Roch Wamytan, right, during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and New Caledonia's elected officials and local representatives at the French High Commissioner Louis Le Franc's residence in Noumea,New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. Macron has landed in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane from Paris in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago wracked by deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence from France. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)