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October 2018

  • A mosque damaged in last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Indonesia

    The Guardian view on the Indonesian tsunami: preparing for the worst

    Editorial: The terrible toll in Sulawesi has underscored Indonesia’s vulnerability to natural disasters. Making sure people understand how to react could save lives in future

May 2017

  • A Sharia law official whips one of two men

    The public flogging of two gay men and what it says about Indonesia's future

    Islamism is rising across Indonesia, where a toxic mix of religion and political opportunism has been percolating for some time

May 2015

  • Migrants in Indonesia

    Hundreds of migrants rescued from boats off Indonesia say they hope to make it to Australia – video

    Almost 600 migrants from Burma and Bangladesh are being housed in a sports hall in Indonesia's northern Aceh Province

December 2014

  • Banda Aceh

    2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: 10 years on
    Boxing Day 2004 tsunami: Banda Aceh - then and now

    A decade after 2004’s Boxing Day tsunami, Getty Images sent their photographers back to Banda Aceh on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. The area was devastated in the earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh

January 2014

  • Houses rebuilt on the area heavily affected by the 2004 tsunami in Banda Aceh.

    Cities: back from the brink
    Banda Aceh: where community spirit has gone but peace has lasted

    The 2004 tsunami left destruction and misery in its wake. Nine years later the Indonesian coast has orphans as landowners and huge discrepencies in housing quality, but the one legacy of value was a lasting truce between warring factions

December 2012

  • Pictures from the past
    On the beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia - picture of the day

    A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. A Muslim family enjoys nice weather on the beach

April 2012

  • Residents of Banda Aceh evacuate tsunami warning

    Indonesian earthquake triggers panic but no tsunami

    Fears sparked by 8.6-magnitude quake on seabed 300 miles of Banda Aceh result in chaos and successful evacuations

December 2011

  • Indonesian punks shaved

    Indonesian punks detained and shaved by police

  • Arrested punks take a bath in a police station Aceh Besar, Indonesia

    Police arrest punks in Indonesia – in pictures

December 2009

  • Trail Banda Aceh: Keudah traditional market in Banda Aceh

    Banda Aceh five years after the tsunami

    Dan Chung visits Banda Aceh in Indonesia to record how daily life has recovered since the 2004 tsunami

January 2006

  • Tsunami aid groups look to environment

    A year after the tragedy, there are growing concerns about the long-term impact of the disaster on the environment.

December 2005

  • Life among the ghosts of Banda Aceh

  • Slowly, painfully, expensively, ruined communities are put back together

August 2005

  • Amnesty for Aceh rebels as peace deal ends 29-year insurgency

    Separatists in the Indonesian province of Aceh yesterday ended their 29-year insurgency when they signed a peace deal with the Jakarta government.

April 2005

  • Sympathy and respect find voice in many tongues

  • Man pulled alive from rubble five days after quake

March 2005

  • 2,000 feared dead after quake

  • Blackout, fear, confusion; it was a very close call

February 2005

  • British army pilots leave Aceh

    The emergency is 'over' but official inertia frustrates locals.

January 2005

  • The Australian soldier (Indonesia)

    Corporal Matt Tanner, 30, an engineer in Banda Aceh.
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