Indonesian forest fires burn causing toxic haze across south-east Asia – in pictures
Forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have been spewing toxic haze across south-east Asia, forcing the closure of schools and airports, and prompting Indonesian authorities to deploy thousands of firefighters to tackle them. There has been an increase in reports of respiratory illnesses
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An aerial view of a burning forest in Kapuas Hilir, in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province.
Photograph: Fully Handoko/EPA
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Villagers flee as a fire rages near their homes in Kampar, Riau province.
Photograph: Wahyudi/AFP/Getty Images
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A blaze burns through vegetation in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan’s capital.
Photograph: Fully Handoko/EPA
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A fire approaches a residential area in Palangkaraya.
Photograph: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
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Firefighters battle a blaze near Pekanbaru, Riau.
Photograph: Wahyudi/AFP/Getty Images
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Smoke covers trees during a forest fire beside a palm plantation in Palangkaraya.
Photograph: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
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A helicopter releases water over a blaze in Kapuas Hilir.
Photograph: Fully Handoko/EPA
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Firefighters battle a peatland forest fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra province.
Photograph: Abdul Qodir/AFP/Getty Images
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A Borneo orangutan stands on a riverbank on Salat Island, on the outskirts of Palangkaraya, as haze from the forest fires blankets the area.
Photograph: Fully Handoko/EPA
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The aftermath of a fire in Palangkaraya.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Firefighters in Kampar.
Photograph: Wahyudi/AFP/Getty Images
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Devastated forest in Palangkaraya.
Photograph: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
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People wear masks to counter the thick smoke haze near the Sultan Iskandar Muda airport in Aceh province.
Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images
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A passenger aircraft taxis amid haze caused by the smog-belching forest fires.
Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images
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Schoolchildren wear masks in a classroom in Medan, North Sumatra province
Photograph: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau, shrouded in smoke.
Photograph: Sijori Images/Barcroft Media
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