Thanksgiving: A man throws ketupat (rice cake wrapped in a coconut leaf) at an “opponent” in the Mesantalan tradition or ketupat war in Apityeh village, Karangasem regency, Bali, on Tuesday. The event, which is held every year, is aimed atthanking God for a good harvest. (JP/Agung Parameswara)
Thanksgiving
Warm welcome: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) welcomes Developing-8 (D-8) Secretary General, Seyed Ali-Mohammad Mousavi (left), to the Presidential Office in Jakarta, on Tuesday. The D-8 secretary general is consult with his Indonesian counterparts to improve cooperation between D-8 members. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
Warm welcome
Go girls!: Transgendered group the Alliance of Anticorruption Transgenders (AWAK) visits The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Kuningan, Jakarta, on Tuesday. They called on the antigraft body to solve many neglected graft cases such as that of trains from Japan in 2006 and 2007. (JP/Hans Nicholas Jong)
Go girls!
Swearing-in: Chatib Basri (right) is installed as the new finance minister at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
Swearing-in
Remains of homes: This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP/Steve Gooch)
Remains of homes
Powerful tornado: This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)
Powerful tornado
Man of the hour: Chatib Basri waves after he was appointed finance minister by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the presidential office in Jakarta on Monday. Chatib, currently head of the Investment Coordinating Agency (BKPM), succeeds Agus Martowardojo, who has been appointed governor of Bank Indonesia. (Antara/Andika Wahyu)
Man of the hour
Balloon accident: This image from video provided by E. Wayne Ross shows an Anatolian Balloons Company hot air balloon crashing near Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia in central Turkey, Monday. Two hot air balloons collided in mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other people on board were injured. (AP/E. Wayne Ross)
Balloon accident
Tornado aftermath: Shawnee firefighters assist driver Marco Corr as he is taken from the cab of his overturned truck. He was taken out of the cab through the front windshield. A tornado caused extensive damage along I-40 at the junction with US 177 on the west side of Shawnee, Okla., Sunday evening. (AP/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)
Tornado aftermath
At least 150 nurses with the West-Nusa Tenggara (NTB) chapter of the Indonesian Nurses Association (PPNI) staged a rally in front of the province’s Legislative Council (DPRD) and NTB governor’s offices in Mataram, on Tuesday, asking for approval of a draft bill on nursing.
An emergency door of Sriwijaya Air flight number SJ 0039 broke off as passengers were boarding at Raja Haji Fisabilillah airport in Tanjungpinang,…
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed Chatib Basri as the new Finance Minister at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday.
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma…
A monstrous tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds…
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