A Look at Life in Indonesia Part 1/2
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This picture shows a Celebes crested macaque in a cage during a press conference by the Nature Conservation Agency and police showing protected endemic animals seized from illegal traders at the regional police headquarters in Surabaya on August 26, 2022. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)
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Fishermen check their nets during “no fishing Friday” at a port in Banda Aceh on September 2, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)
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Motorists queue up to fill up their tanks after the government announced an increase in fuel prices, at a gasoline station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, September 3, 2022. Fuel prices increased by about 30 percent across Indonesia on Saturday after the government reduced some of the costly subsidies that have kept inflation in Southeast Asia's largest economy among the world's lowest. (Photo by Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo)
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A vendor displays kites for sale at a playground in Banda Aceh on September 4, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)
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A Javanese dancer performs at the Java Balloon attraction on the sidelines of the Dieng Culture Festival at Kalianget Park on September 04, 2022 in Wonosobo, East Java, Indonesia. The Dieng Culture Festival is an annual event presenting a variety of Javanese traditional arts and culture, culminating with a hair trimming ritual ceremony of dreadlocked children, known as the Ruwatan Rambut Gimbal. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)
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Various types of butterflies perch on the edge of the lake in the Bantimurung Nature Park area, Maros Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday 4 September 2022. Bantimurung Nature Park has been nicknamed the Kingdom of Butterfly, there are about 240 species of butterflies that live in the area, and the appearance of so many butterflies only occurs twice a year, during the transition from the rainy season to the dry season or vice versa. (Photo by Zul Kilfi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A university student takes part in a protest against the government after a rise in fuel prices, in South Sulawesi, Makassar, Indonesia on September 5, 2022. (Photo by Abriawan Abhe/Antara Foto/Reuters)
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University students stage a theatrical show during a protest against the government's recent fuel price hike decision outside the Indonesian Parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6, 2022. (Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)
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Student activists wave flags as they burn a tire during a rally against sharp increases in fuel prices, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, September 8, 2022. The Indonesian government increased the fuel prices by about 30% on Saturday after reducing some of the costly subsidies that have helped control inflation in the country. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)
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A man delivers a condolence wreath at the British embassy following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in Jakarta on September 9, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died at her Scottish Highland retreat on September 8 at the age of 96. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo/AFP Photo)
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An actor performs as a zombie during the “Train to Apocalypse” event at a Light Rail Transit (LRT) train station in Jakarta, Indonesia, 09 September 2022. The Indonesian capital's LRT operator modified train cars and stations into zombie apocalypse settings to promote the use of public transportations. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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Student protesters wave flags as they burn a tire during a rally demanding that the government revoke its decision to raise fuel prices in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Prices of gasoline and diesel fuel jumped by about 30% earlier this month after President Joko Widodo's administration cut fuel subsidies to reduce the country's multibillion-dollar budget deficit. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)
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Workers created mesmerising patterns while collecting pink water lilies from a lake in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on September 14, 2022. (Photo by Achmad Mikami/Solent News)
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A scavenger goes through a pile of waste at a dump site in Banda Aceh on September 15, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)
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Students and environment activists take part in a clean-up effort to remove wastes and garbages from a beach in Surabaya on September 17, 2022, during World Clean-up Day. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)
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Four Javan langurs (Trachypithecus auratus) inside the socialization cage, when to be released into the protected forest of Kondang Merak, Malang, East Java, on September 18, 2022. Seven Javan langurs have been released into the wild and have increased the colony of Javan langurs to 100 in the forest of Kondang Merak area. (Photo by Aman Rochman/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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Aerial view show dancers take a part in mass traditional dance from West Java, Peacock Dance (Tari Merak) in Bandung on September 18, 2022. The cultural event, which was attended by artists and dancers from various regions in West Java, was held in commemoration of the International Day of Peace which falls on September 21 and as an effort, the Peacock Dance (Tari Merak) can be recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage. (Photo by Algi Febri Sugita/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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A craftsman works on unusual rattan coffins at Trangsan hamlet in Sukoharjo on September 22, 2022. (Photo by Dika/AFP Photo)
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Environmental activists wearing masks carry placards during a Global Climate Strike rally in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 23, 2022. (Photo by Aprillio Akbar/Antara Foto via Reuters)
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Environmental activists hold up posters read “we are worried about the climate crisis” during a protest calling for the government to take immediate action against climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, September 23, 2022. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)