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Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Declining Eid travel and spending in Indonesia and discrimination in India dampen holiday spirit

The usual festive mood of Eid al-Fitr holiday to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has been subdued in Indonesia this year as people grapple with soaring prices for food, clothing and essential goods.
 
Workers filter patchouli oil at a refinery in Simboro, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Growing demand for patchouli oil is driving the industry in Indonesia, but at what cost?

 
Police officers chase protesters during a rally against the passing of a controversial revision of a military law that will allow military officers to serve in more government posts without resigning from the armed forces, outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

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Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, right, shakes hands with France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot during their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

France and Indonesia vow to boost safety in Indo-Pacific as tensions between EU and Beijing persist

 
In this photo released by Klungkung District Police, passengers sit on a boat carrying tourists including a number of Australians that capsized in the waters off Nusa Penida Island, in Bali, Indonesia, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Klungkung District Police via AP)

Australian tourist killed and 2 injured as snorkeling boat capsizes off Indonesia’s Bali island

 

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Pope Francis leaves after leading a holy mass at Tasitolu park in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 people, nearly half the population

 

Huge crowds gather for Mass with Pope Francis in East Timor, AP explains

 

Pope Francis meets children with disabilities at school in East Timor capital

 
Pope Francis hugs a child in traditional dress as he attends with East Timor's President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, seated at right, a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope cheers East Timor’s recovery while acknowledging a bishop’s abuse scandal

 

Pope arrives in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea with humanitarian aid and toys

 

Pope Francis visits remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, AP explains

 

Pope Francis leads Sunday Mass in Papua New Guinea

 

Pope Francis celebrates Mass before an estimated 100,000 people at Jakarta stadium

 
Pope Francis leads the holy mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, Pool)

Pope heads to Papua New Guinea after final Mass in Indonesia before an overflow crowd of 100,000

 
In this photo released by the Directorate General of Immigration of Indonesia's Justice and Human Rights Ministry (Ditjen Imigrasi), Alice Guo, center, a dismissed Philippine town mayor accused in Manila of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center and evading an investigation by the Philippine Senate is escorted by immigration officers prior to her deportation, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Ditjen Imigrasi via AP)

Indonesia deports an ex-Philippine town mayor accused in Manila of cybercrimes

 

Pope kisses hand of imam outside Jakarta mosque

 
Pope Francis, right, kisses the right hand of the Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar after an interreligious meeting with religious leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Aditya Aji /Pool Photo via AP)

Pope and imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque make joint call to fight violence, protect planet

 
The Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar, left, bids farewell to Pope Francis, as he leaves after signing the "Joint Declaration of Istiqlal 2024" at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of "harmony in diversity" and fight religious intolerance on Wednesday, as he set a rigorous pace for an 11-day, four-nation trip through tropical Southeast Asia and Oceania. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis has packed first full day in Indonesia at start of four-nation trip - AP explains

 
In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Senate Social Media Unit, then Bamban Mayor, Alice Guo, speaks during the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality inquiry on the alleged human trafficking and cyber fraud operation in Angeles, Pampanga province held at the Philippine Senate in Pasay City, Philippines on May 22, 2024. Guo, a dismissed town mayor who fled from the Philippines after being accused of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center that catered mostly to clients in China, has been arrested near Indonesia's capital, officials said Wednesday Sept. 4, 2024. (Joseph Vidal/Philippine Senate Social Media Unit via AP)

Indonesia arrests a fugitive former Filipino town mayor wanted for illegal online gaming scams

 

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Pope welcomed by Indonesian president at palace in Jakarta

 
Pope Francis, left, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo attend a meeting with Indonesian authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps, during his apostolic visit to Asia, at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP)

The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’

 

Pope arrives in Jakarta on the first leg of his southeast Asia trip

 

Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia’s capital, first stop on his tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania

 

Pope likely to put care for environment high on the agenda during visit to smog-smothered Jakarta

 

Pope arrives in Jakarta at start of his longest trip, aims to celebrate religious harmony in largely Muslim Indonesia

 
Pope Francis, left, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo attend a meeting with Indonesian authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps, during his apostolic visit to Asia, at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP)

In Asia, pope urges Indonesia to live up to promise of ‘harmony in diversity,’ fight extremism

 

Around 9,000 Indonesian police and troops to be deployed as security tight for pope’s visit

 
FILE-- Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the background

 
Seminarians leave after morning Mass at Ritapiret Major Seminary in Maumere, East NusaTenggara province, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Catholics face a shortage of priests. But one Indonesian seminary is overwhelmed with applicants

 
East Timor's Prime Minister and former independence fighter Xanana Gusmao walks past a banner depicting people queuing up to give their votes in the 1999 referendum, during the commemoration of the 25th year anniversary of the country's vote for independence in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Caro Junior)

East Timor celebrates 25th anniversary of UN-backed vote for independence

 

Indonesia looks to plug shortfall in Catholic priests amid more intolerance

 
In this photo released by Indonesia's Ministry of Defense, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, left, shakes hands with Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during their meeting at the Military Academy in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (Indonesian Ministry of Defense via AP)

Indonesia and Australia sign defense agreement

 
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