Dangerous Dare

A number of students ride on the back of a truck driving along Jl. S. Parman in Slipi, Central Jakarta. This activity, jumping onto a mowing vehicle, is a game for same teenagers.

Feel The Beat

Drummers play the traditional Sasak “Gendang Beleq” during a parade at Udayana Park in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. Dozens of Sakehe (groups) took part in the parade organized by the Mataram Tourism Agency to preserve various traditional arts. Sunday’s parade was also part of series of events to commemorate the province’s 50th anniversary, which falls on December 17.

Repairway

Several workers refurbish the stairs on the base of the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta. The monument stands in the capital’s largest public park, apopular spot for families on weekends and holidays.

Dangerous Waters

An aerial view shows the landslide mud that has formed a so-called “quake lake” near Beichuan county , Sichuan province. China is planning to dynamite rock, mud and rubble forming the dangerously large quake lake, hoping to avert a new disaster two weeks after a catastrophic tremor struck Sichuan.

Cradle To Grave

Kauk (right), 65, a member of the Dayak Embaloh tribe, selects Perpuk leaves, helped by her daughter and grandchildren, at her house in Tanjung Kerja village, North Putusibau regency, West Kalimantan. The women make mats from the leaves, which they then sell to farmers as pads for drying rice.

Safety In Numbers

Boys are greeted in a reception similar to that for grooms at weddings, during a mass circumcision in Kampung Nahkoda, north of Kuala Lumpur. About 25 boys, aged between 7 and 11 years, were given a grand welcome to the mass circumcision surgery, which some consider a celebration of reaching manhood.

According to recent studies, circumcision can protect men from the deadly HIV virus and prevent them carrying the strain of human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer in women.

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Young And Reckless?

Youths living on Ciliwung riverbanks in South and East Jakarta take part in the “Pasar Rakyat” community bazaar over the weekend. Young people from the area are increasingly joining organizations to take part in community programs, including documenting the riverbank community’s achievements, from healthcare to environmental programs.

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Contamination

A policeman stands outside the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in this Nov. 30, 2002, file photo. More than 8,000 people were killed and tens of thousands injured when a tank at the Union Carbide of India Ltd. pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked five tons of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas.

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Mother’s Milk

Young women take part in a breast-feeding competition at a public health center in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. The event, sponsored by Mercy Corps Indonesia, was held to raise awareness of the importance of exclusive breast-feeding for infants up to six months old.

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Princes Attend James Bond Launch

Britain’s Prince William (left) meets British actor Daniel Craig at the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie in London.

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Digging Up The Past

A worker at a sand quarry shows a stone carving believed to be of historical importance, found in a site on the slope of Mt. Sindoro, Purbosari village, NGadirejo, Temanggung, Central Java. Locals have discovered at least 14 objects believed to be relics of the Hindu Mataram Kingdom, buried hundreds of years ago by the eruption of a volcano.

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Enjoy It While You Can

US President Barack Obama (left) chooses his clubs while chatting with aide Eugene Kang, before playing golf near the house where he is staying while on vacation in Kailua, Hawaii.

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