FACTORY BLAST: Black smoke billows from the PT Petro Widada

FACTORY BLAST: Black smoke billows from the PT Petro Widada chemical plant in the East Java town of Gresik after an explosion. The blast on Tuesday injured at least 52 people and sparked a series of fires in the complex, police said.

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LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER: A little girl mimics her mother as she prays in the Vihara Dharma Bhakti temple in Petak Sembilan, West Jakarta. Chinese people in Indonesia, as well as those in other parts of the world, will celebrate the dawn of the year 2555 by the Chinese traditional calendar on Thursday.