https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/26/too-hot-for-jakarta-kids-to-play-outside https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178979_1787618898.jpeg Feeling the heat: The main play structure at Embung Jagakarsa open green space in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta stands tall under direct sunlight with no shade above and around it, as seen on Aug. 10, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178980_1787618898.jpeg Sandbox playtime: Children hang out at Kampung Kandang Park in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta at around 4 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2026 to avoid being exposed to direct sunlight. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178981_1787618898.jpeg Cover above: A slide stands at a more shaded playground of Tabebuya Park in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta on Aug. 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/why-el-nio-isnt-the-sole-culprit-of-forest-fires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/21/2026_08_21_178897_1787319076.JPG Flames rise from a wildfire on Aug. 13 in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/south-south-bonding-india-indonesia-youth-power-to-boost-innovation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/05/28/2025_05_28_163128_1748418644.jpg A participant takes the 2025 Computer-Based Written Exam for the National Selection Based on Test (UTBK-SNBT) at Diponegoro University (UNDIP), Tembalang, Semarang, Central Java, on April 30, 2025 https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/26/rats-drought-compound-woes-for-central-java-farmers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/21/2026_05_21_175939_1779332788.jpg Be prepared: Farmers loosen soil using water flow from an irrigation canal on May 19 in Batang regency, Central Java. Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has said the government is allocating around Rp 5 trillion (US$282.28 million) for irrigation programs and the distribution of superior seeds to address potential drought caused by the upcoming El Niño weather system. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/canang-sari-kindness-compassion-and-love https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178978_1787582796.jpg An instructor (right) teaches a tourist how to make a canang sari offering during a workshop at a resort in Jimbaran, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/26/stocks-edge-higher-as-oil-drops-on-fresh-mideast-hopes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/10/2026_07_10_177468_1783654428.JPG Bull statues are pictured near screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong, China, on Feb. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/26/swiss-man-gets-year-in-prison-for-nyepi-hate-speech https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/23/2026_08_23_178937_1787500432.jpeg Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, covers his face on Aug. 20, 2026, as he departs his verdict and sentence hearing at the Denpasar District Court in the Bali capital, which found the Swiss national guilty of spreading hate speech over Nyepi (Day of Silence) in March. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/why-the-world-still-needs-wall-street https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178984_1787629775.jpg A person walks on Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Feb. 13, 2026 in New York City, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/when-villages-quietly-carry-the-national-economy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/17/2026_06_17_176752_1781669461.jpg A farmer applies urea fertilizer on June 10, 2026, at a parched rice field in Handapherang village, Ciamis regency, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/26/millions-suffer-respiratory-illnesses-as-haze-spreads-nationwide https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178956_1787540253.JPG A motorcyclist and a passenger pass along a road shrouded in haze caused by wildfires on Aug. 23, 2026, in Banyuasin regency, South Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/26/freezing-of-protesters-bank-account-draws-flak https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/09/2026_08_09_178444_1786214329.jpg Two activists display a banner reading “Freedom of Expression = Rights“ during the verdict hearing for activists Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, Khariq Anhar, Muzaffar Salim and Syahdan Husein, who were standing trial in an alleged incitement case related to anti-government protests that ended in riots between August and September 2025, at the Central Jakarta District Court in Central Jakarta on March 6, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/indonesias-shrinking-digital-freedom-from-rubber-articles-to-four-hour-censorship https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/05/2026_01_05_171033_1767623654.jpg A demonstrator carries Indonesia’s national flag alongside a pirate flag from the Japanese anime One Piece, an internet symbol of protest against government policies, on Aug. 29, 2025, during a rally outside the residence of the Governor of East Java, in Surabaya. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/analysis-pursuing-energy-security-with-self-sufficiency-demand-controls https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179006_1787677319.jpg A price board displays the current prices of fuel on April 19, 2026, at a gas station on Jl. Jend. Basuki Rachmat in East Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/26/malaysia-cloud-seeding-assist-tests-indonesias-limits-as-haze-crosses-borders https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179007_1787704176.jpg Police in firefighting gear extinguish a peatland fire at Tambang in Kampar, Riau province, on August 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/26/a-foreign-policy-president-really https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178652_1786678361.JPG President Prabowo Subianto is displayed on screens as he delivers his annual state of nation address in front of legislator while Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka sits next to him, on Aug. 14 ahead of the country's 81st Independence Day anniversary, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/25/prabowo-kicks-off-solar-power-push-with-groundbreakings-open-tenders https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178990_1787662437.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) presses a button during the launch and groundbreaking ceremony for the solar power plant programs in Gilimanuk, Jembrana, Bali, on Aug. 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/25/army-readies-natuna-composite-battalion-riau-islands-kodam https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/23/2026_08_23_178936_1787499038.jpg Members of the Indonesian Army gather near a line of Brazilian-made Astros II on Nov. 14, 2019, in Pian Tengah, Natuna, the Riau Islands. The self-propelled multiple rocket launchers comprise the field artillery battery of Composite Battalion 1/Gardapati based in Ranai, Natuna. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/19/2026_01_19_171579_1768806775.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (left) salutes during a troop inspection on Aug. 10, 2025, during the Operational Troops and Military Honors ceremony to inaugurate commanders of the Special Forces Command (Kopassus), the Marine Corps and the Air Force Quick Reaction Command (Kopasgat) at Suparlan Airfield in Bandung, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/25/danantara-export-body-launches-with-future-role-still-hazy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178988_1787651129.jpeg State asset fund Danantara CEO Rosan Roeslani (center) gestures on Monday during the launch of PT Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia (DSI) alongside DSI CEO Luke Mahony (right) at the Danantara headquarters in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/25/un-red-cross-call-for-urgent-rules-on-autonomous-weapons https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178985_1787648519.jpg The United Nations (UN) logo is seen on a gate outside the UN headquarters ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 21, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/25/kartu-kredit-indonesia-a-new-payment-landscape https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/06/30/2021_06_30_114939_1625061964.jpg Cashless economy: State bank BNI employees print credit cards at the lender’s Card Business Division in Jakarta on Aug. 10, 2012. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/25/trumps-kim-gambit-deepens-doubts-over-us-reliability-at-a-key-moment-for-asia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/02/28/2019_02_28_66601_1551339681.jpg US President Donald Trump (right) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un hold a meeting during the second US-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on February 28, 2019. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/25/stable-rules-key-to-luring-investment-outgoing-eu-envoy-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178965_1787557643.jpeg Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto (second left) and European Union Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam Denis Chaibi (left) share a light moment on Aug. 21, 2026, during a high-level Indonesia-EU dialogue in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/25/whoosh-takeover-set-for-september-purbaya-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/24/2026_03_24_173971_1774370660.jpg A train of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail (HSR) service, which operates as Whoosh, arrives at a platform on March 15, 2026, at Padalarang Station in West Bandung regency, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/25/us-vows-economic-asphyxiation-of-iran-with-new-sanctions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178983_1787620724.jpg US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent takes questions from reporters as he speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC on August 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/25/indonesia-to-open-airspace-for-cloud-seeding-to-tackle-haze-malaysia-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178982_1787619747.JPG A drone view shows the Ampera Bridge shrouded in haze from wildfires in Palembang, South Sumatra, August 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/25/ntb-hamlet-blaze-raises-alarm-over-indigenous-tourism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178954_1787540107.JPG Structures untouched by fire surround what was once the site of Sade on Aug. 23, 2026, a day after a blaze tore through the indigenous Sasak hamlet in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178952_1787540106.JPG An elderly woman sits next to the burned-out ruins of her house in Sade on Aug. 23, 2026, after an overnight fire razed the indigenous Sasak hamlet in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/25/analysis-rosy-labor-figures-conceal-deeper-cracks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178971_1787567113.jpg Jobseekers wait in line during the opening of the 2026 Bogor Job Fair at Plaza Jambu Dua in Bogor, West Java, on June 8, 2026.) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/24/norway-will-drill-in-arctic-regardless-of-eus-position-says-energy-minister https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178964_1787556104.JPG Norway's Energy Minister Terje Aasland attends a press conference in Oslo on Jan. 27, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/08/24/uefa-chief-ceferin-rules-out-running-for-fifa-presidency- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178963_1787552174.JPG UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin (right) and FIFA president Gianni Infantino pose for a photograph during the 50th Ordinary UEFA congress in Brussels, Belgium on Feb. 12, 2026 https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/24/malaysia-brunei-to-raise-cross-border-haze-issue-at-asean https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178958_1787550159.JPG A group of women crosses in front of Perdana Putra, the office of the prime minister in Malaysia’s administrative capital Putrajaya, shrouded in haze from regional wildfires on Aug. 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/24/us-cancels-drills-with-south-korea-over-iran-war-related-constraints https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178962_1787551618.JPG United States Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters are parked at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Aug. 21, 2026, the final day of the annual US-South Korea Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) joint military exercise, which was shortened by six days after US President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in US participation. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/24/southeast-asias-budget-airlines-eye-recovery-but-fuel-scars-linger https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178961_1787551029.jpg An airplane operated by Singapore's Scoot airline (right) is being refueled while another aircraft by Indonesian Air Asia is passing in the taxiway at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali on Feb. 19, 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/24/prabowo-shifts-to-leading-sumatra-fire-response https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178956_1787540253.JPG A motorcyclist and a passenger pass along a road shrouded in haze caused by wildfires on Aug. 23, 2026, in Banyuasin regency, South Sumatra. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178791_1787057880.JPG A car drives by raging flames on Aug. 15, 2026, as a wildfire burns in Rambutan village, Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/22/2026_08_22_178921_1787390677.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (third right, in tan suit) gestures while speaking with National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo (second right) on Aug. 22, 2026, as Indonesian Military commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto (right) looks on, while visiting the site of a forest fire in Kubu Raya, Pontianak, West Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/24/ukraine-backers-gather-as-war-escalates-air-defense-runs-low https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178960_1787550162.jpg This photograph shows a view of a shopping mall damaged following a Russian strike in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine on Aug. 22, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian drones slammed into a busy shopping center in eastern Ukraine on Aug. 21, killing 16 people in an attack condemned as “cynical and despicable“ by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178959_1787550161.jpg Smoke rises over a logistics center in Kolpino, outside Saint Petersburg, Russia behind a billboard promoting contract army service after being hit by Ukrainian drones early on Aug. 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/24/how-vietnams-gen-z-is-holding-power-to-account https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/23/2026_08_23_178927_1787449795.jpg A protest banner, which reads “The residents of the Red River area in Hong Ha Ward earnestly appeal to city leaders to consider the people's inner thoughts and aspirations, maintaining the existing residential area for the sake of the well-being of thousands of households”, hangs over a street at a neighborhood in Hanoi, on June 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/24/less-testing-was-a-choice-so-is-the-future https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/24/2026_02_24_172960_1771935354.jpg Antinuclear activist rally outside the United States Mission in front of the United Nations to mark the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in New York, the US, on Jan. 20, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/24/who-gets-to-feel-the-state-is-beside-them https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178655_1786681841.jpg President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual State of the Nation Address, ahead of the country's Independence Day celebrations, in Jakarta on Aug. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/24/mandiri-freezing-of-protesters-account-raises-alarm-over-civic-freedom https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/02/14/2019_02_14_65505_1550162167.jpg Activists of the Solidarity Network of Victims for Justice attend the 574th Kamisan, a weekly silent protest, in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Feb. 14, 2019. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/24/the-dollars-outer-defenses-have-been-breached https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/07/2026_08_07_178412_1786087000.jpg A bank employee counts Chinese renminbi notes next to United States dollar bills on Jan. 25, 2023, at a Kasikornbank branch in Bangkok. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/24/us-vows-economic-d-day-as-iran-threatens-to-halt-all-oil-exports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/15/2026_04_15_174732_1776215455.JPG US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with Bjorn Lomborg during an event hosted by the Institute of International Finance in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2026.