Wire reporting: (AP, via Japan Today), (Reuters, via Daily Maverick)

King Charles III arrived in Nassau this week to start a nine-day Caribbean tour, his first in the region as monarch, with stops in the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda for a Commonwealth summit^2,12,13.

At a youth rally in Nassau, he said it was "only right" to acknowledge "the great suffering and injustices of the past," according to France 24 and Nation Africa^12,15.

The visit comes as Caribbean governments, CARICOM officials and campaigners press Britain for a formal apology and reparations tied to the transatlantic slave trade^2,13,15.

The British government has ruled out both a formal apology and financial reparations, and Buckingham Palace has said the king will follow that government line because those decisions sit with ministers^2,8,13.

Charles remains head of state of the Bahamas and of Antigua and Barbuda; Guyana has been a republic since 1970^2,13.

Video outlets showed him joining a Junkanoo street parade in Nassau on Oct. 28^1,4,5.

Global News reported that Bahamian authorities closed public schools on New Providence for the welcome⁸.

France 24 reported protesters near the rally with signs calling for payment; Guyana's President Irfaan Ali, who is due to meet Charles, has said an apology should be the next step after earlier royal remarks on slavery^12,13.

Al Jazeera reported that Jamaica, which is not on this itinerary, filed a reparations petition in London last month, with a Privy Council hearing described as set for March^2,13.

Charles also spoke about climate risk, saying most Bahamian land sits below two meters, Global News and France 24 reported^8,12.

Queen Camilla is expected to join him in Antigua and Barbuda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, scheduled Nov. 1-4^12,13.

What he will say at the summit, and whether any host government changes its position on the monarchy or on payments, was not settled in the reporting^2,13.