Photos show what life is like in the world's most isolated settlement

• The Edinburgh of the Seven Seas settlement is considered the most remote settlement in the world.
• The settlement, which is on the island of Tristan da Cunha, is home to around 230 people.
• It can only be reached after a nearly week-long boat trip departing from Cape Town, South Africa.

Residents of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, one of the British Overseas Territories on the island of Tristan da Cunha, call their home "the world's most isolated settlement."