Living under a haze

Wildfires are sweeping across Indonesian provinces, filling skies with smoke, disrupting daily life and sending firefighters into action on the ground and in the air.

A helicopter carrying out a water-bombing operation over a fire at the Putri Cempo landfill in Solo, Central Java. — AFP

Firefighters battling a wildfire sweeping through a peatland field in Jekan Raya, Central Kalimantan, spraying water into the smoke and flames. — AP

A boy reacting as thick smoke rises from wildfires near a residential area in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra province. — Reuters

Motorists wearing protective masks wait at an intersection as wildfire haze blankets Pontianak, West Kalimantan. — Reuters