Home By The Sea

Boys plant pegs to mark the borders of their homes destroyed in a fire that left about 400 people homeless in the seaside slum area of Muara Angke, North Jakarta. There were no reports of casualities from the fire the second to hit the area so far this month.

Victory Dance

Supported of India’s rulling Congress party celebrate their win in vote of confidence in parliament, in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri.

Who’s Wrong?

An official from the Bogor municipally questions one of the street children arrested during an operation. The authority has stepped up measures to curb the increase in street children and beggards in the city.

Hungary for Beef

Hungarian wranglers escort a wagon pulled by traditional gray cattle a cross the historical Chain Bridge over the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Gray cattle, a symbol of Hungarian agriculture, were led across Budapest to promote their low cholesterol, and to draw support for the preservation of the rare animal.

History In Motion

Dancers, in the roles of Prince Sawerigading and his wife I We Cudai, star in a musical and dance performance during the cultural night held in Makassar. The show was based on the La Galigo epic, retelling tales of royal life in the Luwu Kingdom, believed to be the oldest kingdom in South Sulawesi.

Learning by Sitting

First Year students at SMPN 37 junior high school in Makassar, South Sulawesi, sit on the floor to take their lessons because they don’t have any desks or chairs. Their classroom has been without furniture for nearly a year, but the local education office has not yet taken any steps to silve the problem.

Santa Claus on Holiday

Santas gather for a parade through Copenhagen. Santa Clauses from around the world are gathering for their annual three-day congress in Copenhagen. Now in it’s 51st year, the World Santa Claus Congress starting Monday brings together 136 red-clad delegates, mostly from Scandinavia but also as far away as Russia, Japan and the United States.

History Revisited

Artists perform “liong” (dragon) and “barongsai” (lion) dances around a statue of Admiral Cheng Ho, a 15th century Chinese explorer, in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang. The art show closed out a three-day celebration marking the 603rd anniversary of Cheng Ho’s arrival in Java.

Extreme Sport

Street children have fun sliding down the wall of the bridge over Ciliwung River, which runs through Jl. Latuharhari in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

Of Shoes and Sorrows

Donated shoes labeled with the names of Iraqis killed during the war in Iraq are displayed during a protest in front of the White House in Washington.

What a Turtle!

A worker measures a giant leatherback turtle at a marine conservation center in Knedal, central Java. The turtle, which weighs an impressive 200 kilograms, was trapped in a local fisherman’s trawl net and was taken to the center for rehabilitation before being released back into the sea.

Watery Meeting

West Java Governoor Ahmad Heryawan meets with flood victims in Cieunteung, in Baleendah, Bandung, about 20 kilometers from the center of Bandung city. The administration plans to allocate Rp. 80 billion (US$ 660,000) to dredge Citarum river to decrease sedimentation in a bid to avoid future floods.

Citarum was last dredged in 2006, which proved inadequate for prevent floods because of high levels of sedimentation upstream.