Models present a creation by Indonesian fashion designer Irsan during the Jakarta Fashion and Food Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)





A visitor uses her mobile phones to takes pictures during a light projection art exhibition titled “Immersive Hong Kong” at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 27, 2023. The week-long exhibition was held to promote business and tourism in Hong Kong. (Photo by Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo)





Hot slag flows from container trucks at a slag dumping site inside a nickel processing compound operated by PT Vale Indonesia in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, 28 July 2023. PT Vale Indonesia is one of the country's largest nickel producers with nickel matte production volume increased to 33,691 tons in the first half of 2023, from 26,394 tons in the same period in 2022. According to the company's release, PT Vale Indonesia and Chinese battery producer Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt plan to build a new nickel smelter site on Sulawesi island with expected production capacity of around 60.000 tons of nickel in mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) in a year. As the world's largest nickel producer, Indonesia is aiming to play an important role in energy transformation and the electric vehicle industry. Amid the legal challenge by the European Union at the WTO, the country has been banning unprocessed nickel ore exports since early 2020 to boost domestic value-added products. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA/EFE)





A dry rice field in Subang, West Java, Indonesia, on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Some Indonesian rice farmers are planting corn and other crops that require less water as the country braces for its most severe dry season since 2019, partly due to the return of the El Nino weather pattern. (Photo by Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg)





Turtle dove birds in cages participate in a songbird competition in Makassar, South Sulawesi on July 30, 2023. (Photo by INdra Abriyanto/AFP Photo)





A man is caned by a member of the Sharia police as punishment for consuming alcohol, in Banda Aceh on August 2, 2023. Aceh is the only province in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes sharia law and people can be flogged for a range of offences – from gambling, to drinking alcohol to having gay sеx or relations outside of marriage. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





A man plays with his child at a beach at sunset in Banda Aceh on August 2, 2023. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





The aerial photo shows the exposed Ciliwung riverbed with low water levels in Bogor, West Java on August 3, 2023. (Photo by Aditya AJI/AFP Photo)





Mount Merapi volcano spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Turi, Sleman, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on August 5, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (Photo by endra Nurdiyansyah/Antara Foto via Reuters)





Players of Indonesia's traditional bamboo musical instruments “angklung” wait before achieving the new Guinness World Record for the largest angklung ensemble by 15110 players as a pre-ceremony event for the 78th Anniversary of Indonesia's independence at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on August 5, 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A blindfolded child takes part in a water splashing contest to commemorate Indonesia’s 78th independence day in Malang, Indonesia on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Moch Farabi Wardana/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A stray cat is checked on the eve of International Cat Day in Banda Aceh on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





Fishermen sell fish on the street after fishing in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 09 August 2023. The Coordinating Minister for the Economy stated that Indonesia's economic growth in the second quarter of 2023 revealed positive results, increasing by 5.17 percent on an annual basis, faster than market estimates of 4.93 percent, and after a 5.04 percent revised growth in the first quarter of 2023. (Photo by Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA)





Window cleaners work to clean the glass facade of an office building in Jakarta, Indonesia, 10 August 2023. Indonesia's capital was listed among cities with the worst air quality in the world on 10 August 2023, according to data from IQAir company. Pollutions from crowded traffic and the industrial smoke are believed to contribute most to the poor air quality. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA)





Students attend a graduation ceremony at the University of Syiah Kuala, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 10 August 2023. According to the Indonesia Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the unemployment numbers for 2023 reached 7.99 million in Indonesia, with 12 percent or around 958,800 unemployed university graduates. (Photo by Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA/EFE)





Members of various labor unions protest for better conditions late into the night in front of the Arjuna Wijaya Statue in Jakarta on August 10, 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Boys play soccer as the city skyline is seen in the background in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, August 11, 2023. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





People sit on their scooters as they are caught in a congestion in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, August 11, 2023. Dry season and exhaust emission from motorized vehicles are the main causes of the air pollution in Jakarta, Indonesian authorities said Friday as the capital city became one of the world's most polluted cities according to Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





A boy plays with a kite as the city skyline is seen in the background in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, August 11, 2023. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





Dressed cats are held by their owners as they participate in the Cat Fashion Week held at a shopping mall in Banda Aceh, northern Indonesia, on August 12, 2023. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)