Original sentence: Kiribati is comprised of 32 atolls  and one raised coral island dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,351,000 square miles) straddling the equator and bordering the International Date Line to the east
Edited sentence: Kiribati comprises 32 atolls  and one raised coral island dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,351,000 square miles) straddling the equator and bordering the International Date Line to the east