People ride on boats made from recycled materials, mostly plastic bottles, during Festival Cilung or 'Love the Environment' Festival, held on the Ciliwung River, one of the most polluted rivers in the world, to raise public awareness about river pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 28, 2025. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)





Students watch as rescue personnel search for survivors after a building collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on September 29, 2025, injuring a number of students and trapping several others under the rubble. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)





Search and rescue officers stand amidst the rubble of a collapsed building, after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Dipta Wahyu/Reuters)





Members of the search and rescue operations carry a relative of the victim of a collapsed building, after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school on Monday, in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Dipta Wahyu/Reuters)





People use cardboard boxes to shelter from the sun as they stand behind a barricade tape as rescuers search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on October 1, 2025, after a multi-storey building at the school collapsed. Rescuers detected “no more signs of life” under the rubble of a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people remain missing, an official said on October 2, raising fears of a high death toll. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)





Family members of students wait as rescue works are underway for victims trapped under the rubble after a building under construction collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, October 2, 2025. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)





People take photos on top of an armoured personnel carrier at the 80th anniversary parade of the Indonesian national army at the National Monument Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 4, 2025. (Photo by Claudio Pramana/Zuma Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Indonesian military special forces personnel (Kopassus) perform during the 80th Indonesian National Armed Forces' (TNI) anniversary celebrations at the National Monument (Monas) complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 5, 2025. (Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)





A resident of Pari Island, north of Jakarta, dressed as the main character from the Japanese anime One Piece, poses with the anime's pirate flag during a protest demanding the government revoke a coastal reclamation permit (PKKPRL) granted for a private development project on the island, which they say threatens the marine ecosystem and worsens the climate crisis, in front of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry in Jakarta on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Workers carry shark catch to Tanjung Luar fishing port on October 08, 2025 in Lombok, Indonesia. Indonesia's shark fisheries are both the world's largest and among its most complex, balancing vital conservation needs against the economic dependence of coastal communities. With 218 of the world's 1,250 shark species found in Indonesian waters, overfishing has put many at risk of extinction. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)





Anglers compete in a fishing competition at a beach in Banda Aceh on October 12, 2025. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





Children play marbles on the dirt in Garut, West Java, Indonesia on October 17, 2025. This traditional game, which was popular in the 1980s, is now rarely played by children due to the increasing popularity of modern games with advanced technology. According to a survey by the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI), more than 71.3% of school-age children own gadgets and play them for a considerable amount of time each day, and as many as 79% of child respondents are allowed to play gadgets for purposes other than learning. (Photo by Algi Febri Sugita/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Students and rescue workers simulate the evacuation of a tsunami disaster victim from a high building during an earthquake and tsunami drill in Syiah Kuala University Campus area, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 21 October 2025. The earthquake and tsunami drill is a part of a disaster mitigation awareness campaign as most of Indonesia's archipelago is known as a disaster prone area as it lies in the Ring of Fire, the most active Tectonic plate in the world. (Photo by Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA)





A worker loads fresh oil palm fruit bunches from Melati Hanjalipan cooperative palm oil plantation in Hanjalipan village, East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, October 22, 2025. (Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)





Children plays with a tire used as a boat during flooding in Bojongasih Village, Dayeuhkolot, Bandung Regency, West Java on October 24, 2025. Heavy rains that hit Bandung from Thursday, October 23, from afternoon to evening, left hundreds of homes and roads in Bandung Regency submerged in floodwaters up to 40 centimeters deep. (Photo by Dimas Rachmatsyah/ZUMA Press Wire via Alamy Live News)





A resident carries a child during flooding in Bojongasih Village, Dayeuhkolot, Bandung Regency, West Java on October 24, 2025. Heavy rains that hit Bandung from Thursday, October 23, from afternoon to evening, left hundreds of homes and roads in Bandung Regency submerged in floodwaters up to 40 centimeters deep. (Photo by Dimas Rachmatsyah/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Volcanic smoke (sulfur) from Mount Merapi is seen rising from its summit in Sleman, Sleman, on the morning of October 29, 2025. Mount Merapi, which erupted violently in 2010 and killed dozens, erupted again, sending pyroclastic flows as far as 1,200 meters upstream of the Krasak River. The Yogyakarta Geological Agency urged residents to remain alert for a larger eruption and lava rain. (Photo by Antonius Jagad SR/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A worker checks on the sprouted Thai basil at Ladang Farm on October 31, 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Vertical farming allows for continuous production year-round while minimizing environmental impact by using less water, land, and eliminating pesticides. These systems rely on automated controls for light, nutrients, temperature, and humidity to create ideal growth conditions. In Indonesia, Ladang Farm in Cilandak, South Jakarta, is the country's tallest vertical hydroponic farm, rising 18 meters high. It grows roughly 33,000 plants—such as lettuce, Thai basil, Italian basil, mint, and perilla—and produces up to two tons of vegetables each month. The produce is supplied to hotels, supermarkets, and restaurants across Jakarta and available for purchase at the farm or via delivery. Sayur Mini is an agritech company enhancing microgreens, such as broccoli, radish, pea shoots, mustard, and choi sum. Microgreens believed have incredible nutrients with high concentrated sources of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and often used as garnishes drinks, salad dressings, sandwich toppings, and juice. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)





Members of the Roodebrug Soerabaia Community and Reenactor Indonesia take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Surabaya, the peak of the battle which took place in November 1945 between Indonesian nationalists against British and British Indian forces for the re-imposition of Dutch colonial rule following the end of World War II, in Surabaya on November 2, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)





A man walks as stock prices are reflected on the glass wall at the Indonesian Stock Exchange building in Jakarta, Indonesia, 05 November 2025. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the Indonesian economy grew 5.04 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA)