Balinese people take part in the Mekotek ritual during which young villagers perform a symbolic victory over evil with wooden sticks as a part of the Kuningan celebration, held every 210 days of the Balinese calendar, in Badung, Bali, on March 9, 2024. Balinese Hindu followers are celebrating the prosperity day of Kuningan, a time for commemoration as the ancestors return to heaven after ten days dwelling on earth. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Devout Balinese Hindus enter into a trance and pierce themselves with metal swords while chanting prayers, on Melasti at Padanggala beach in Bali, Indonesia on Friday, March 8, 2024. Melasti is part of the six-day long Balinese Hindu New Year, where devout perform rituals as an act of symbolic cleansing. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)





Men fight with burning coconut leaves as a ritual of ablution by fire during “Lukat Geni” in Bali on March 10, 2024, on the eve of Nyepi. Hindus in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-populated nation, will celebrate the “Day of Silence”, locally known as Nyepi, on March 11. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Indonesian Hindus carry Ogoh-ogoh, a statue symbolising an evil spirit, before a parade on the eve of Nyepi, in Klungkung, Bali on March 10, 2024. Hindus in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-populated nation, will celebrate the “Day of Silence”, locally known as Nyepi, which marks the new year in the Balinese Hindu calendar, on March 11. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devout hits another with burning coconut leaves, sending sparks and embers flying in all directions, in a ritual known as Lukat Gni, as part of Balinese Hindu New Year celebrations, in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, March 10, 2024. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)





Indonesian Muslims attend the evening mass prayers called “Tarawih” on the first night of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Grand mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)





A photo taken with slow speed shutter shows muslims performing an evening prayer called “Tarawih” on the first eve of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, 11 March 2024. Muslims worldwide are expected to start observing Ramadan fasting and rites related to it on 11 March. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sеxual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA)





People queue in line to buy basic daily necessities at a cheap market event held by the government in Surabaya to maintain stable food supplies and prices on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)





Indonesian Muslims attend an evening prayer called “tarawih” marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 11, 2024. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





Balinese people take part in a mud bath tradition, known as Mebuug-buugan, held a day after Nyepi – the Balinese “Day of Silence” – aimed at neutralising bad traits, in the village of Kedonganan, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP Photo)





Balinese people cover their bodies with mud during the mud bathing tradition locally known as “Mebuug Buugan”, in Badung, Bali, Indonesia, 12 March 2024. Mebuug Buugan is a form of gratitude for the fertility of the earth and is also believed to neutralize spiritual negativity. This tradition is practiced by all members of the Kedonganan village community, both men and women, adults and children. (Photo by Made Nagi/EPA/EFE)





Balinese Hindu children throw water at each other during a ritual a day after Nyepi, the day of silence that marks the New Year in the Balinese Hindu calendar, in Jimbaran, Bali, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Balinese Hindu women return from the beach during a ritual a day after Nyepi, the day of silence that marks the New Year in the Balinese Hindu calendar, in Jimbaran, Bali, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A student reads the Koran before breaking fast during the holy month of Ramadan at an Islamic boarding school in Depok, Indonesia, 13 March 2024. (Photo by Adi Weda/EPA/EFE)





A man stands near trash, mostly plastics and domestic waste, on a beach in Teluk fishing village, as high tides brought by erratic weather sweeps trash to the shore, in Pandeglang regency, Banten province, Indonesia, on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)





A drone view shows trash being swept to the shore due to high tides caused by erratic weather, on a beach in Teluk fishing village, in Pandeglang regency, Banten province, Indonesia, on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)





A man shout slogan as tires are burned during a rally against alleged fraud in the Feb. 14 presidential election, outside the General Election Commission's office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)





A man is silhouetted as he walks past Ramadan decoration at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)





A man carrying buckets walks along a beach littered with piles of debris and plastic waste at the Kedonganan beach in Bali, Indonesia, 19 March 2024. Most of the trash ends up in the sea every rainy season due to the island's lack of a centralized waste management system. (Photo by Made Nagi/EPA/EFE)





Residents bathe in a dam of Unda river, ahead of World Water Day, in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The Unda river, the second largest river in Bali island, has been used for various activities, such as tourism activities for water rafting and agricultural irrigation. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)