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A woman sells traditional handmade bags called Noken at a market in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
AP PHOTOS: Papua’s noken bag, the knotted legacy of resilience and identity
The distinctive bag, handcrafted from natural fibers like tree bark or leaves, is woven and knotted with threads of Papuan heritage. The U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recognized the traditional bag as needing urgent safeguarding in 2012 because there are fewer crafters making noken and more competitio
 
Workers wait for heavy machines to evacuate the carcass of Molly, a 45-year-old female Sumatran elephant from Bali Zoo that was found dead after being swept away by a flood on Monday, in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
A zoo elephant dies in Indonesia after being swept away in a river
An elephant that lived at the zoo on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali has been found dead after being swept away by a strong river current.
 
Ketut Nita Wahyuni, 11, prays as she perform a Hindu ritual at Geriana Kauh village, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
In Bali, young girls dance in a traditional Hindu festival threatened by changing times
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Ketut Nita Wahyuni lifts her folded hands prayerfully to her forehead as a priest leads the temple gathering.
 
Berta Sanyi and Paula Hamadi, left, stand chest deep in water as they collect clams in a mangrove forest where only women are permitted to enter in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Papuan women’s mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution
On the southeastern coast of Jayapura city lies a mangrove forest where only women are permitted to enter.
 
A passenger checks a flight information board showing flights cancelled due to the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Indonesia’s volcanic eruption grounds international flights on tourist island of Bali
Several international airlines have canceled flights to and from Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali because of an ongoing volcanic eruption. Travelers were left stranded at airports on Wednesday.
 
4 people could face the death penalty after drug arrests on Bali
Indonesian authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist island of Bali since July. Four could face execution under the country’s strict drug laws.
 
In these handout photo, released by Indonesia Police, Indonesian police and rescue team members carry a body bag containing the body of a victim of the fire on the Elisabeth tanker in the Gili Tepekong area of the Karangasem district, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Handout Indonesia Police)
A tanker ship catches fire off Indonesia’s Bali island, leaving 5 crew dead and 15 injured
A tanker ship has caught fire off Indonesia’s Bali island, killing five crew members and injuring 15 others. The tanker Elisabeth with 21 crew on board was traveling to Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province.
 
In this photo made from a video released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers inspect the wreckage of a helicopter after it crashed in Badung, Bali Island, Indonesia, Friday, July 19, 2024. No casualties were reported in the crash. (BASARNAS via AP)
Five people survive after a helicopter crashes in Bali
Officials say two Australian and three Indonesian nationals have survived after a tourist helicopter crashed in Bali, due to being entangled in a kite string.
 
Australian Troy Smith, who is accused of drug possession, sits in a courtroom during his trial in Denpasar district court, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Indonesian police arrested Smith on April 30 after he was allegedly caught with methamphetamine in his hotel. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Indonesia sentences Australian man to 6-month rehabilitation over drug possession in Bali
An Indonesian court has sentenced an Australian man to six months of medical rehabilitation for possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island of Bali.
 
Australian Troy Smith, who is accused of drug possession, sits in a courtroom for his trial at Denpasar district court, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Indonesian police arrested Smith on April 30 after he was allegedly caught with methamphetamine in his hotel. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Prosecutors seek 8-month rehabilitation for Australian man charged with drug possession in Bali
Prosecutors in Indonesia have demanded an eight-month medical rehabilitation for an Australian man charged with possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island of Bali, after his earlier charge of drug trafficking was dropped which would have carried the death penalty.
 
Detained Taiwanese line up with evidences during a press conference at a detention center in Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia on Friday, June 28, 2024. Indonesian immigration authorities have detained 103 Taiwanese people after a raid at a villa on the resort island of Bali, officials said Friday. They were accused of misusing their visas and residence permits and are suspected of possible cybercrimes, Safar Muhammad Godam, director of immigration supervision and enforcement at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights told reporters at a news conference. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Indonesia detains 103 Taiwanese in a raid in Bali involving suspected cybercrime
Indonesian immigration authorities have detained 103 Taiwanese people after a raid at a villa on the resort island of Bali. An immigration enforcement official said those detained were accused of misusing their visas and residence permits.
 
Australian Troy Smith, sits in a courtroom for his first hearing trial at Denpasar district court, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, June 13, 2024. Indonesian police arrested Smith on April 30, allegedly being caught with methamphetamine in his hotel.(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Australian man goes on trial in Indonesia for alleged drug possession on Bali
A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has began the trial of an Australian man who faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of possessing methamphetamine under the country’s tough drug laws.
 
Elon Musk, center, arrives for the 10th World Water Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Nickel-rich Indonesia pitches EV battery plant plan to Elon Musk
Indonesia’s top investment official says the government has proposed building an electric vehicle battery plant to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
 
Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, second from left, and Elon Musk, second from right, sign an agreement on enhancing connectivity at a public health center in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Elon Musk arrived in Indonesia's resort island of Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world's largest archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia, world’s largest archipelago
Elon Musk has traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation.
 
Suspects line up during a news conference at a villa in Canggu, Bali, Indonesia on Monday, May 13, 2024. Indonesian police raided what they said was a major drug lab hidden in a villa on the resort island of Bali, and arrested four people. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Indonesian police raid drug lab in Bali villa
Indonesian police say they have raided what they have called a major drug lab hidden in a villa on the resort island of Bali. Officers arrested four people.
 
Balinese Hindus participate in a purification ceremony during sunrise on Melasti at Padanggala beach in Bali, Indonesia on Friday, March 8, 2024. Melasti is a day leading up to the New Year where Balinese Hindus perform rituals as an act of symbolic cleansing. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
AP PHOTOS: Balinese celebrate New Year with firefights, sword-piercing and a sacred Day of Silence
The Day of Silence, locally known as Nyepi, is observed each year on the day after the new moon in March starting at 6 a.m. The island’s world-famous beaches and all of its public spaces are devoid of people, except for special patrols to ensure that silence is observed.
 
Frenchman arrested in Bali for alleged guns, drug possession
Indonesian police have arrested a Frenchman for allegedly possessing illegal guns and drugs on the resort island of Bali.
 
2 foreigners arrested on Bali for alleged drug possession
Two men from Britain and Australia have been arrested on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for alleged possession of methamphetamine and ecstasy. Police say the men are being held in Bali’s capital, Denpasar, for further investigation.
 
Quake damages buildings on Bali, other Indonesian islands
An earthquake shook Bali and other Indonesian islands, causing panic and damaging homes and other buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The national disaster agency posted photos showing a damaged mosque and Hindu temple.
 
Bali volcano erupts but flights operating normally
A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali has rumbled into life with a series of eruptions that temporarily disrupted some international flights to the popular tourist destination.
 
US woman in Bali ‘suitcase murder’ gives up custody of baby
An American woman convicted in her mother’s “suitcase murder” in Indonesia has given custody of her young daughter to an Australian woman until her release from prison.
 
Lawyers: Indonesian murder charges against US couple wrong
Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, 21, both from Chicago, are being tried separately at the Denpasar District Court on the resort island of Bali. They could face the firing squad if found guilty of premeditated murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, whose badly beaten body was found i