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A boy on his way to school rides a bicycle across planks on an aqueduct that separates Plempungan Village and Suro Village in Karanganyar, central Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 26. As rickety as it looks, residents prefer to use the old aqueduct as a shortcut. The alternative route requires walking 3.5 miles.
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Child jockeys race their horses at a racetrack outside Bima, Indonesia, Nov. 17.
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A gambler collects his money after a win on a horse race.
Dozens of child jockeys, some as young as eight-years-old take part in the races. Involving nearly 600 horses they take place around a dusty, oval track of 1,400 meters (nearly one mile). The reward for the winner is a handful of cash for his family and glory for the jockey. The grand prize is one million rupiah ($100). Those who win their groups get two cows. The chairman of the races' organizing team, Hajji Sukri, denies that there is any danger to the children saying they are all skilful riders and none have been killed or seriously hurt.
Read the full story from Reuters: Indonesia's child jockeys brave danger for cash and glory
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Child jockey Herman Sarifudin is lifted up by his father in the starting gates before a horse race.
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Child jockeys sit inside a starting gate before a race.
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The foot of child jockey is seen as he sits on his horse at Panda racetrack.
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Horses race at Panda racetrack.
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Spectators cheer during a race at Panda racetrack.
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A child jockey hugs his horse after finishing a race at Panda racetrack.
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Endiansyah Mohammad, center, warms up his horse on Kalaki beach.
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A boy washes a horse after a race at Kalaki beach outside Bima.
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Relatives of U.S. President Barack Obama sing and dance as they run along a dirt road during celebrations for his re-election at his ancestral home village of Nyangoma Kogelo, 367 miles west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on November 7, 2012.
Villagers in western Kenya danced, cheered and waved branches in the air to celebrate Barack Obama's re-election Wednesday as news of his victory resonated far beyond American shores.
A crowd had gathered to watch television coverage in Kogelo, where Obama's late father was raised, and the president's step-grandmother wore a delighted smile after the result was announced.
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President Obama's step-grandmother Sarah Onyango Obama smiles during a press conference held after Obama's victory was announced in Nyang'oma Kogelo village, where President Barack Obama's late father Barack Obama Sr. was raised and Sarah lives, on November 7, 2012.
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Kenyan supporters of Barack Obama react as they watch the news coverage announcing Obama's victory in Nyang'oma Kogelo village on November 7, 2012.
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Villagers ride motorcycles and wave branches to celebrate Barack Obama's re-election, in the village of Kogelo on Nov. 7, 2012.
At the elementary school where Obama studied as a boy in Jakarta, Indonesia, students happily marched with a poster of the president from one classroom to another after hearing that he had defeated Mitt Romney, Reuters reported. "Obama wins ... Obama wins again," they shouted.
World leaders welcome Obama's 2nd term - but many challenges wait on his doorstep
A statue of a young "Barry" Obama, as he was called as a child, stands outside the school. "I want to be like him, the president," student Alexander Ananta said.
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Students at State Elementary School Menteng 01, where U.S. President Barack Obama studied from 1970-1971, cheer in support of Obama while watching television coverage of the U.S. presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 7.
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A U.S. citizen watches the live telecast of U.S. presidential election results in Mumbai, India, Nov 7, 2012.
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Staff and relatives of the Obama Onsen, or Obama hot spring, resort area shout "banzai," or cheers, in celebration next to a doll of Barack Obama in Unzen, Japan, Nov. 7. The banner reads "Ganbare (Cheers) Obama."
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Campaigning with Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, voting and election results.
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Survivors and relatives of victims of the October 12, 2002 Bali bombings cry during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the attack at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park in Jimbaran, Bali on October 12, 2012.
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Thousands of family members, friends and general public gathered to remember the victims of the 2002 Kuta nightclub bombings which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
The Associated Press reports from Bali, Indonesia — A decade after twin bombs killed scores of tourists partying at two nightclubs on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, survivors and victims' families on Friday braved a fresh terrorism threat to remember those lost to the tragedy.
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A woman grieves as she attends the memorial service.
The 2002 bombing was Asia's deadliest terror strike, killing 202 people — including 88 Australians and seven Americans — and injuring more than 240 others partying at the popular Sari Club and Paddy's Pub in Kuta that Saturday night. The attack was carried out by suicide bombers from the al-Qaida-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah and kick started a wave of violence that would hit an embassy, hotels and restaurants in the world's most-populous Muslim-majority nation.
Surgeon Fiona Wood, who led a team of Australian doctors that treated victims horribly burned in the attack, spoke of the survivors' bravery.
"A young woman whose injuries were beyond comprehension. The first thing she said when she came out of her coma was, 'I'll never run; will I walk again?'" Wood recalled. "I said, 'You will walk, you will run, you will race.' And in 2008, she beat me in an ironman." Read the full story.
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A survivor of the bomb blast is helped by her family as they arrive for the commemoration service for the 10th anniversary of the Bali bombing.
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Emotional family members pay their respects at picture boards of the victims during the memorial service.
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Hundreds gathered in Bali, Indonesia, in remembrance of those lost 10 years ago when suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida orchestrated Asia's deadliest terror strike by bombing two nightclubs. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
The victims of the 2002 Bali Bombings are remembered at ceremonies around the world on the 10th anniversary of the attacks. 202 people died when an al Qaeda-linked terror group detonated bombs at two nightclubs. ITN's Nina Nannar reports.
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An Indonesian mentally ill patient, Ujang, 45, takes a bath at a small mental rehabilitation center run by the Jamrud Biru foundation in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Oct. 10.
Wednesday is the World Health Organization's (WHO) 20th World Mental Health day, which seeks to bring attention to mental illness. The focus this year is 'Depression: A Global Crisis.' According to a WHO press release:
“We have some highly effective treatments for depression. Unfortunately, fewer than half of the people who have depression receive the care they need. In fact in many countries this is less than 10%,” says Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director of the Department for Mental Health and Substance Abuse. “This is why WHO is supporting countries in fighting stigma as a key activity to increasing access to treatment.” Continue reading.
Around 19 million mentally ill people live in Indonesia, and most of them have no access to proper medical treatment, the health ministry reported. Approximately 15,000 mentally ill people are physically constrained and are called "pasung," roughly meaning "shackled," according to Agence France Presse:
Between rice fields and coconut trees on Indonesia's "paradise" island of Bali, a man lies chained by the ankles to a rotting wooden bed in a garden, staring at roosters tottering by.
I Ketut Lingga, 54, has schizophrenia and is one of more than 15,000 Indonesians with a mental illness who are either chained, caged or placed in primitive stocks, according to health ministry data. Continue reading.
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Indonesian mentally ill patients, Fadil, left, and Budi sit on the floor of a small mental rehabilitation center run by the Jamrud Biru foundation in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Oct. 10.
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An Indonesian mentally ill patient, Acong, 35, sits on a broken sofa outside of a small mental rehabilitation center run by the Jamrud Biru foundation in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Oct. 10.
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An Indonesian mentally ill patient, Rahmat, covers his face as he looks out of a broken window of a small mental rehabilitation center run by the Jamrud Biru foundation in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Oct. 10.
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Zulkifli, 43, stands on stage to be whipped by the shariah police executioner in Jantho, Aceh Besar, in Indonesia's Aceh province on October 5, 2012. He was one of three men to be punished after being caught gambling in a coffee shop.
Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that has implemented shariah law. Read more in a Global Post report from February, 2012.
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Aceh government officials destroy drugs that were seized from drug traffickers at the Aceh police headquarters, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Sept. 18.
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Aceh police chief Inspector General Iskandar Hasan throws a package of marijuana into the fire as officials destroy drugs that were seized from drug traffickers at the Aceh police headquarters, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Sept. 18.
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Aceh government officials destroy drugs that were seized from drug traffickers at the Aceh police headquarters, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Sept. 18.
Aceh police managed to arrest some 700 drug dealers, mainly with amounts of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines, in Aceh since the beginning of 2012. The drug dealers are believed to get their supplies from Thailand and Malaysia by air and sea.
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Afghan protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Kabul on Sept.17, against a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad.
Reuters reports: Protesters in Afghanistan and Indonesia burnt U.S. flags and chanted "Death to America" on Monday in renewed demonstrations over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad that has unleashed a wave of anti-Western sentiment in the Muslim and Arab world. Full Story
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Afghan protesters burn tires in Kabul on Sept. 17.
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An Indonesian man holds a U.S. flag during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 17.
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A protester throws a rock during a clash with the police outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Sept. 17.
Indian Muslim girls shout slogans during a protest against a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad in Jammu, India, on Sept. 17. The placard in Urdu reads "Long live Islam."
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Protests ignited by a controversial film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad spread throughout Muslim world.
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Potato farmers install pipes to drain water from the lake to their farms due to a prolonged drought in Dieng, in Central Java. A long drought has left tens of thousands of Indonesians without water and facing the bleak prospect of massive crop losses, authorities say as reported by media.
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Chinese Indonesians throw fake money to honor their ancestors during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Aug. 31. During the festival, Chinese perform ritual prayers so that the spirit-soul of their ancestors will go to heaven. According to tradition, ghosts and spirits are believed to come out from hell to visit earth during the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar called the Ghost Month.
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Indonesian rescuers help a young survivor to get back on dry land at Merak seaport, Banten Province, Indonesia, Aug. 31. A boat carrying an estimated 150 migrants en route to Australia sank off Indonesia's Java island on Wednesday.
Australian rescuers called off their search for survivors on Friday after a boat reportedly carrying about 150 asylum-seekers sank off Java, Indonesia. The wooden fishing boat went down on Wednesday as it headed for a remote Australian island.
In a statement, the Australian government said that 55 survivors had been recovered on Thursday, along with one body. An Australian navy ship and several merchant vessels were involved in the search.
Indonesian officials said that they would continue with their own search and rescue operation, according to the BBC.
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A survivor is carried off an Indonesian rescue boat at Merak seaport on Aug. 31.
The European Pressphoto Agency reported that the survivors, most of whom were Afghans, were being taken to Merak, a port on the western tip of Java. Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman for Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, said that they would be handed over to immigration authorities there.
Since 2001, almost 1,000 people have died at sea while attempting to reach Australia on overcrowded and often unseaworthy refugee boats from Indonesia, according to figures compiled by Reuters.
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Survivors lie on the deck of a rescue boat upon arrival at a port in Merak on Aug. 31.
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People attempt to climb greased and slippery poles in Jarkarta, to which prizes and flags are attached, to celebrate Indonesia's Independence Day, August 17. Indonesia marked the 67th anniversary of its freedom from Dutch rule on Friday.
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