https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/25/east-java-prepares-for-long-dry-season https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/10/2026_09_10_179598_1789035109.jpg Two children play with a kite at the dried-up Sumberkepuh Reservoir in Nganjuk, East Java, on Sept. 6, 2026. The 20.9-hectare reservoir, which provides irrigation for about 400 hectares of farmland, has been dry for the past two months amid the prolonged dry season. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/25/a-road-map-for-the-next-un-secretary-general https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/05/2026_09_05_179451_1788580574.jpg A graphic shows the Equal Earth cartographic projection. The United Nations General Assembly voted on Sept. 4, 2026, to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that makes their continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, which aimed at “a more accurate representation“ of continental landmasses. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/25/us-airlines-oppose-chinas-bid-to-add-more-flights https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/25/2026_09_25_180057_1790300642.jpg An Airbus A321neo aircraft of China Eastern Airlines is pictured at the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai on May 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/25/israels-netanyahu-denounces-enemies-allies-in-fiery-un-speech https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/25/2026_09_25_180056_1790300334.jpg Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/25/am-i-an-artist-a-return-to-art-through-self-doubt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180027_1790223968.jpg Intimate reflection: Filmmaker Jay Subiakto uses a mobile phone to document an artwork by Abell Octovan on Sept. 18, 2026, during the opening of the multidisciplinary artist’s debut solo exhibition, Am I An Artist, at JPLive! Space at The Jakarta Post in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180025_1790223968.jpg Works on display: Visitors attend the opening of Abell Octovan’s debut solo exhibition Am I An Artist on Sept 18, 2026, at The Jakarta Post’s JPLive! Space. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180024_1790223968.jpg Contemplative silhouette: Abell Octovan stands before one of his works on Sept. 18, 2026, during the opening of his debut solo exhibition, Am I an Artist, at The Jakarta Post’s JPLive! Space. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180026_1790223968.jpg Tonal ambiance: The Jakarta Post CEO and Murai Art Projects cofounder Judistira “Yudi” Wanandi (left) delivers remarks alongside fellow cofounder Ari Sanjaya on Sept. 18, 2026, during the opening of Abell Octovan’s debut solo exhibition Am I An Artist at JPLive! Space. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/25/fiscal-rule-self-discipline-and-the-state-budget https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179055_1787804033.jpg President Prabowo Subianto looks on as he arrives on Aug. 14 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta for the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting, in which he delivered the State of the Nation address and the 2027 state budget proposal. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/25/tangerang-church-disruption-rekindles-fears-among-minorities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/23/2026_09_23_179993_1790142065.jpg Police officers conduct a security check at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral Church, known locally as the “Hati Kudus Yesus“ church, on Christmas Eve in Surabaya, East Java, on Dec. 24, 2025. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/09/01/2024_09_01_154250_1725182936.jpg The Jakarta Cathedral is seen on Aug. 30, 2024, from the Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/25/court-cuts-nadiems-sentence-but-he-seeks-another-appeal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/03/2026_07_03_177246_1783081065.jpg Former education minister and cofounder of tech firm Gojek, Nadiem Makarim, poses ahead of the verdict hearing against him at the Jakarta Corruption Court in Central Jakarta on June 30, 2026. The judges sentenced him to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of abusing his authority in the procurement of Chromebook laptops for schools nationwide between 2020 and 2022. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/25/hollywood-stars-among-100-arrested-in-ny-anti-netanyahu-protest https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/25/2026_09_25_180055_1790295482.jpg A pro-Palestinian protester carries a sign that reads, “Arrest Netanyahu“ during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war in Gaza and Iran, which blocked the avenue next to the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2026. Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court, delivered an address at the annual UN General Assembly meeting, with many diplomats walking out in solidarity with the protesters outside. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/25/analysis-200-million-accounts-financial-inclusion-or-fiscal-excess https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180032_1790242137.jpg President Prabowo Subianto chairs a limited cabinet meeting to discuss economic issues on Sept. 7, 2026, at the Presidential Palace Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/25/prabowos-universal-free-education-plan-raises-feasibility-questions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180036_1790250867.jpg Students attend a class on Sept. 23 beside a collapsed wall at SDN 3 Sukajadi elementary school in Sukakarya, Bekasi regency, West Java. According to the school, three classrooms have been damaged for the past three years because of the aging building, disrupting lessons and posing safety risks to students. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180037_1790250867.jpg A teacher gives a lesson to students on Sept. 9 under a tree at SDN Jarak elementary school in Golo Mori village, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), after damage to their classroom forced lessons outdoors. Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry data show that 1,931 schools, involving 171,476 students, have resumed classes after being temporarily closed following the NTT earthquake. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/25/rocking-the-boat-in-a-storm https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/19/2026_09_19_179883_1789834391.JPG Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara speaks at the APBN Kita press conference in Jakarta on Sept. 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/25/calls-grow-for-tighter-food-safety-in-free-meal-program-after-childs-death https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178391_1786009770.jpg Students eat meal packages distributed under the free nutritious meal program on Aug. 4 at SDN 106162 state elementary school in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/24/free-meals-marketplace-raises-supply-chain-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178394_1786019436.jpg West Aceh Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Agus Sulistianto (right) inspects a kitchen for the free nutritious meal program managed by the West Aceh Police in West Aceh regency, Aceh, on Aug. 6, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/24/new-un-secretary-general-must-restore-trust-says-sugiono https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180030_1790237415.JPG United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gestures after addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/24/netanyahu-expected-to-berate-mamdani-in-un-address https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/03/2025_11_03_168483_1762137656.jpg Unusual political figure: Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (center) speaks during a campaign event with New York City elected officials on Saturday, November 01, in the Queens borough of New York City. With only days left in the race for New York City’s next mayor, Mamdani remains the front runner against Independent candidate, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/09/24/failing-chaotic-teams-slam-asian-games-organisers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180033_1790245777.jpg Security guards direct people near the Costa Serena cruise ship at the Port of Nagoya ahead of the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture on September 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/24/severance-minimum-wage-remain-sticking-points-in-labor-bill-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/01/2026_05_01_175274_1777647621.jpg Raucous cheer: Labor union members hold banners and wave posters on May 1, 2025, during a Labor Day rally in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/24/asean-gets-first-shared-supercomputer-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180031_1790237465.jpg A closer look at a supercomputer, on Wednesday. BRIN and the South Korean delegation to ASEAN gives a tour to representatives of ASEAN member states of the HPC facility in Cibinong, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/24/house-approves-kai-plan-to-import-used-japanese-trains-as-local-production-lags https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/01/12/2018_01_12_38816_1515742829.jpg A Commuter Line train passes waiting passengers on Jan. 12, 2018, as it pulls into Cilebut Station in Bogor, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/24/indonesia-races-to-seal-eu-trade-deal-as-tariff-incentive-expires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180020_1790214052.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto instructed his cabinet on Sept. 22, 2026, to expedite the implementation of the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) at the Presidential Palace. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/24/indonesias-nickel-curbs-struggle-to-convince-markets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/07/23/2024_07_23_152700_1721712927.jpg Smoke billows from nickel smelting plants at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Lelilef, North Maluku, on July 7, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/24/xi-says-china-us-should-be-partners-rather-than-rivals https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180029_1790225436.jpg US President Donald Trump reacts after a B1 bomber flew past during the national anthems while he greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/24/new-us-tariffs-on-russian-oil-no-issue-for-indonesia-airlangga-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/07/11/2023_07_11_140179_1689068019.JPG The Iranian-flagged very large crude carrier (VLCC) MT Arman 114 (left) and the Cameroon-flagged crude oil tanker MT S Tinos conduct an illicit ship-to-ship cargo transfer near the North Natuna Sea in Riau Islands province on July 7, 2023, in this handout photo released on July 11. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/24/nepal-floods-obliterate-final-excuses-for-climate-inaction https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179087_1787884320.jpg An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur municipality, along the confluence of the Trishuli and Tadi rivers in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/main-story/2026/09/24/radio-still-gives-you-something-an-algorithm-cant https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/23/2026_09_23_179995_1790146123.png https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/23/2026_09_23_179996_1790146124.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/24/dozens-of-homesick-students-leave-north-sumatra-community-schools https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/07/13/2025_07_13_164426_1752358485.jpg Workers set a whiteboard in a classroom at a Sekolah Rakyat (community school) site in Medan, North Sumatra, on July 11, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/24/labor-bill-must-protect-workers-not-just-employment-relationships https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/24/2026_06_24_176971_1782273650.JPG Two 'ojek' (online motorcycle transportation) drivers wait in traffic on June 24, 2026 with passengers wearing the helmets of Gojek and Grab in the Kampung Melayu Besar area of South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/24/167-psychiatric-patients-evacuated-as-haze-worsens-in-south-kalimantan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/23/2026_09_23_180001_1790162938.jpg Firefighters extinguish forest and peatland fires on Monday in Banjar regency, South Kalimantan. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as authorities struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/24/analysis-whoosh-or-noose-uncertain-future-of-high-speed-rail-project https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180022_1790216668.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/world/2026/09/24/el-nino-could-cause-19300-extra-heat-deaths-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178100_1785328077.jpg A stork perches on a plastic bucket stranded on the lakebed as water levels drop in Jakarta on July 29, 2026, due to the impact of El Nino, which has brought a prolonged dry season and triggered extreme drought, threatening food security in various regions of Indonesia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/24/what-pisa-keeps-telling-us-about-foundations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/05/2026_05_05_175382_1777950498.jpg Designing the future: Students attend a visual communication design training session on April 13, 2026, at Saint Joseph Catholic vocational high school in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/24/australia-says-openai-agent-hacked-into-government-website https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179968_1790077537.jpg Public backtrack: The logo of United States technology company OpenAI appears on a smartphone in this illustration created on June 11, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/24/oecd-lifts-2026-global-growth-forecast-to-29-despite-mideast-war https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180021_1790214315.jpg This photograph shows the Celestial Sphere, also known as the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Sphere, at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on Sept. 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/24/ex-google-safety-chief-warns-ai-could-harm-children-more-than-social-media-did https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/26/2026_03_26_174028_1774514895.jpg Children use portable digital devices in Jakarta on May 4, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/24/xi-arrives-in-us-to-personal-trump-welcome https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180019_1790211990.jpg US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump greet Chinese President Xi Jinping and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan upon their arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 23, 2026. Xi is visiting the United States from September 23 to 25. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/24/the-sensible-roles-and-harsh-realities-of-kri-sriwijaya https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179933_1789980090.jpg The newly acquired aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (left), now KRI Sriwijaya, is accompanied by KRI Brawijaya (center) and KRI Prabu Siliwangi as they sail past Bangka waters on Sept. 17, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/24/respiratory-problems-climb-past-170000-cases-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/21/2026_08_21_178895_1787312877.jpg Motorists drive with headlights on a haze-shrouded road in Palangkaraya city, Central Kalimantan on August 20, 2026, as smoke originating from widespread forest and land fires has significantly reduced visibility and degraded air quality across the province. Indonesia's government says over 100,000 hectares burned in the first half of the year. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/24/rspo-integrity-tested-as-wildfires-hit-orangutan-habitat https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/23/2026_09_23_180002_1790162938.jpg Smoke billows from burning oil palm and areca palm plantations on Aug. 25 in East Tanjung Jabung regency, Jambi. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/23/2026_09_23_180001_1790162938.jpg Firefighters extinguish forest and peatland fires on Monday in Banjar regency, South Kalimantan. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as authorities struggle to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Kalimantan and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/24/gibran-faces-fresh-challenge-over-eligibility-as-vp https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/15/2025_08_15_165450_1755225467.JPG Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka gestures before President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual State of the Nation address during the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting on Aug. 15, 2025, at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta ahead of the country's 80th Independence Day.