People Are Seen Along Main Street In Dangriga, Belize

DANGRIGA, BELIZE - APRIL 4: People are seen along Main Street on April 4, 2023 in Dangriga, Belize. Dangriga is home to thousands of Garifuna people who are descendants of an Afro-indigenous population from St. Vincent, a Caribbean island where people were exiled to the Honduran coast by the British. Belize is one of 56 Commonwealth countries around the world. Queen Elizabeth II was head of the Commonwealth after her ascension to the throne in 1952 until her death in September 2022. King Charles III is now head of the Commonwealth after the passing of his mother. Belize became a British colony in 1862 and was called British Honduras before changing the name to Belize in June 1973 before achieving full independence from the United Kingdom on September 21, 1981. (Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)