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A Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province were caned 77 times each after neighbors reported them to the Shariah Police for having sex. (AP Photo/Riska Munawarah)

2 men caned 77 times for having sex in Indonesia’s Aceh

By RISKA MUNAWARAH - Associated Press

In this time-lapsed photo, hot lava runs down from Mount Merapi as its activity continues since local geological authority raised the alert level to the second-highest level in November, in Kaliurang, Indonesia, early Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Merapi is one of the most volatile among the country's more than 120 volcanoes. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava in new eruption

By SLAMET RIYADI - Associated Press

A man walks past a coronavirus-themed mural in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Indonesia has reported more cases of the virus than any other countries in Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 1 million

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Indonesia to deport Russian social media star who held party

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI - Associated Press

American graphic designer Kristen Antoinette Gray, center, her partner Saundra Michelle Alexander, right, and lawyer Erwin Siregar arrive at the local immigration office for questioning, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Gray, who arrived in Bali in January 2020 and wound up staying through the coronavirus pandemic, is being deported from the Indonesian resort island over her viral tweets that celebrated it as a low-cost, queer-friendly place for foreigners to live. (AP Photo)

American who enthused Bali was queer-friendly being deported

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI - Associated Press

Rescuers use a sniffer dog during a search operation at the ruins of a building collapsed in Friday's earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after the earthquake that killed a number of people in the province where rescuers intensified their work Monday to find those buried in the rubble. (AP Photo/Daeng Mansur)

After seeing floods, Indonesian leader visits quake zone

By NINIEK KARMINI and YUSUF WAHIL - Associated Press

Tens of thousands evacuated amid Indonesia floods

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Semeru volcano on Indonesia’s Java island spews hot clouds

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Investigators from Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) inspect debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

US NTSB team arrives in Indonesia to look into jet crash

By EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM - Associated Press

Rescuers assist a survivor pulled out from the ruin of a government building collapsed during an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing a number of people. (AP Photo/Azhari Surahman)

Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue

By NINIEK KARMINI and YUSUF WAHIL - Associated Press

Residents inspect earthquake-damaged buildings in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. A strong inland and shallow earthquake hit eastern Indonesia early Friday causing people to panic in parts of the country's Sulawesi island and run to higher ground. (AP Photo/Rudy Akdyaksyah)

At least 34 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildings

By Niniek Karmini and Yusuf Wahil - Associated Press

A worker carries medical equipment during a COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the world's fourth most populated country. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Indonesian health workers receive COVID-19 vaccination

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Syringes of a vaccine for COVID-19 and models depicting the coronavirus are displayed at the Sinovac factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work? (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

Brazil results cast doubt on China’s COVID-19 vaccine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Indonesian Foreign Ministry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, poses for photographers with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi during their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Wang pledged that China will help Indonesia defeat the coronavirus, including providing vaccines and the strengthen economic cooperation with Indonesia in addition to strengthening cooperation in the health sector in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. (Indonesian Foreign Ministry via AP)

China pledges to help Indonesia in fight against coronavirus

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Members of National Transportation Safety Committee place a box containing the flight data recorder of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 retrieved from the Java Sea where the passenger jet crashed into a container after a press conference at Tanjung Priok Port, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor on Tuesday recovered the flight data recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesian searchers hunt for crashed plane’s voice recorder

By NINIEK KARMINI and ACHMAD IBRAHIM - Associated Press

In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, President Joko Widodo, left, receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the world's fourth most populated country. Writings on the banner in the background read &quot;Safe and Halal.&quot; (Agus Suparto/Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)

Indonesia starts mass COVID vaccinations over vast territory

By EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Indonesian Navy ships continue their search for the wreckage of Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed into Java Sea near Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Indonesian navy divers scoured the floor of the Java Sea on Monday as they hunted for the black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the waters at high velocity with dozens of people aboard. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Divers recover ‘black box’ from crashed Indonesia plane

By NNiniek Karmini - Associated Press

Rescuers search for victims at a village hit by Sunday's landslides in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Landslides triggered by heavy rain in the village left at a number of people died and injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Sorasoca)

26 missing, at least 13 dead in Indonesia landslides

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Indonesia green-lights emergency use of Chinese vaccine

By VICTORIA MILKO and EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

Indonesian Navy divers pull out a part of an airplane out of the water during a search operation for the Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed into the sea near Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of the Boeing 737-500 in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with dozens of people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

EXPLAINER: Why Indonesia’s plane safety record is a concern

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press