Indonesians pray for rain to wash away smoke
Indonesian Muslims, most seen wearing pollution masks, gather for special prayers asking for rain in Pekanbaru, Riau province, today, as smog from rainforest fires envelop the Southeast Asian region. – AFP pic, September 13, 2019.
Hundreds of people held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city today, desperately hoping that downpours will extinguish forest fires and wash away the toxic smoke covering wide swathes of the country. Illegal fires to clear land for farming are raging on Indonesia’s Sumatra and Borneo islands with firefighters battling round the clock through charred forests, and water-bombing helicopters deployed to douse the flames.
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