Balinese men parade a giant effigy of a mythical animal which later will be burned during a traditional mass cremation ceremony called “ngaben” on a beach on Friday, July 29, 2022, in Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia. Balinese believe that cremating the dead liberates their souls, allowing them to enter the higher world to reincarnate into better beings. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)





A man walks past the fire as the last bit of a mythical animal effigy containing the remains of 117 people is burning during a traditional mass cremation called “ngaben” on Friday, July 29, 2022, in Padangbai on the island of Bali, Indonesia. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)





People fly their kites during the Kite Festival at Mertasari beach in Sanur on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 31, 2022. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP Photo)





A total of 1,100 participants participated in the Bali Kite Festival, held in the Mertasari Beach area of Sanur, Bali, on 31 July 2022. The festival, initiated by the Bali Kite Art Community, took the theme Kerthining Gesing or Maintaining the Balance of Bamboo. (Photo by Keyza Widiatmika/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A man collects plastics in the water filled with garbages and oily wastes in Banda Aceh port on August 1, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





An Indonesian Army soldier participates on the Super Garuda Shield joint military drill in Baturaja, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 03 August 2022. Indonesia, US, Australia, Japan and Singapore staged a joint military drill to tighten military relationships between the countries amid the rising tensions in the region, following the visit of the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA/EFE)





An Indonesian, left, and an U.S. soldier walks together during their annual joint combat exercises in Baturaja, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, Wednesday, August 3, 2022. The United States and Indonesian militaries began their annual joint combat exercises Wednesday on Indonesia's Sumatra island, joined for the first time by partner nations, signaling stronger ties amid growing maritime activity by China in the Indo-Pacific region. (Photo by AP Photo)





A general view shows a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), dead after it was stranded, at Waru Doyong beach in Banyuwangi, East Java province, Indonesia on August 3, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (Photo by Budi Candra Setya/Antara Foto via Reuters)





A model performs during the Betawi National Cultural Arts – World Kids Carnival as part of Jember Fashion Carnival on August 07, 2022 in Jember, Indonesia. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)





A model performs during the Garuda defile in the Grand Carnival of Jember Fashion Carnival on August 07, 2022 in Jember, Indonesia. The Jember Fashion Carnival follows a Brazilian style with an emphasis on traditional Indonesian motif. The street carnival claims to be one of the biggest in the world and comprises of more than a thousand performers along 3.6km of road used as the catwalk. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)





Children in Bogor, Indonesia, play in the water as they wash a buffalo in August 2022. (Photo by Erwin Gucci/Solent News)





Veterinarians check the condition of a male baby Sumatran elephant at Lembah Hijau conservation center in Bandar Lampung, Lampung province, Indonesia, August 10, 2022. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Ethnic Chinese people throw imitation money known as “hell money” to be burned as offerings, during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, August 12, 2022. The festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items such as televisions and cars are burned to appease wandering spirits as it is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the souls of dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/AP Photo)





Ethnic Chinese people burn imitation money known as “hell money” during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, August 12, 2022. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/AP Photo)





Villagers gather to watch US and Indonesian soldiers taking part in the Super Garuda Shield 2022 joint military exercises in Baturaja, South Sumatra on August 12, 2022. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)





Mahouts hold Indonesian national flags atop Sumatran elephant wades in a river during World Elephant Day and ahead of celebrations to mark Indonesia's Independence Day on August 17, at the Conservation Response Unit (CRU) program in Sampoiniet, in Indonesia's Aceh province, on August 12, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





Edi Mulyono, a fisherman and mangrove farmer (R) plants mangroves on Rengge beach to protect the beach from further damage in Pari Island, Jakarta, Indonesia, 13 August 2022. Four Pari Islanders have decided to take legal action against Holcim, a Switzerland based cement company, in a climate change lawsuit. The suit demands the company to pay for compensation and flood defences. The company is also urged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 43 percent by 2030 and 69 percent by 2040 to prevent future damage. Pari Island, home to more than a thousand people and located around 56 kilometers north of Jakarta, is facing serious problems caused by the impact of climate change. Rising sea levels forced residents to deal with tidal flooding more often. According to Edi Mulyono, one of the plaintiffs, smaller Islands around Pari Island have submerged in recent years. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA/EFE)





Family members perform the Manene traditional rite, cleaning the relatives' preserved remains, in Lembang on August 15, 2022, which is held every three years in August and is said to bless the harvest of rice fields. (Photo by Andri Saputra/AFP Photo)





A group of university students unfurl a large national flag ahead of celebrations to mark 77th Indonesia's Independence Day on August 17, at Lhoknga beach, in Aceh province on August 16, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





Indonesian President Joko Widodo, wearing traditional attire from Bangka Belitung Islands, waves to journalists as he leaves the parliament building after delivering the annual state of the nation, ahead of the country's Independence Day, in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 16, 2022. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Pool via Reuters)