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Survivor statues are displayed at mudflow areas to signify the lives of victims on May 27, 2016 in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. On 29 May, 2006, a mudflow eruption began in the Sidoarjo regency of Indonesia where nearly 40,000 villagers were displaced and twenty lives were lost, two days after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the region. Indonesian oil and gas company, PT Lapindo Brantas, has been deemed to be partially responsible for the disaster and although compensations have been in the pipeline, its been slow to reach those affected. Ten years on, the mud geysers continue to spurt mud out on a daily basis and high levels of heavy metals have been detected in nearby rivers. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
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