A man tries to steer his raft through a patch of water hyacinths while looking for fish in Lake Tipar in Cimanggis, Depok.

A boy jumps from a bridge into a bed of water hyacinths blanketing the edge of Lake Tipar.

Children cycle along a newly built path circling Lake Tipar. The water hyacinths have encroached onto the edge of the lake.

Workers shovel water hyacinths into the back of a pickup truck to be taken to a landfill.

A man uses an excavator provided by the Depok administration to scoop up water hyacinths from Lake Tipar.

Three Tipar residents walk past a heap of uprooted water hyacinths dredged from the nearby lake.