Through the Eyes

An impoverished woman, Min, lying ill in a makeshift hut in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)

Christians prayed and cried in front of a Mary statue still standing among the ruins of a Padang Catholic church damaged by the 7.6 earthquake that rocked the region in October. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)

A child beggar sweeping the floor of a train on the way to the Manggarai station in Jakarta in February. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)

Firefighters battling the flames at the Pertamina fuel depot at Plumpang, North Jakarta, on Jan. 18. (JG Photo/ Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

A trader sitting in the Gaplock Market, Senen, Jakarta, where her stall was dismantled by officials. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Ani Yudhoyono kissing her husband, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)

“I realized people were going to fall and be trampled before it happened. I took photos, then went to help other people while snapping more shots,” said Jakarta Globe photographer Safir Makki about this shot taken at an Idul Fitri handout event at Jakarta Town Hall. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)

East Flood Canal workers resting in a pipe in Pondok Bambu, East Jakarta. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)

An elderly man resting on a park bench in Menteng, Jakarta. (JG Photo/ Safir Makki)

Indonesian sprinter Suryo Agung Wibowo after winning his second gold medal, in the men’s 200 meters, at the SEA Games. (JG Photo/ Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

A resident picking through the debris of his house, which was demolished by strong waves in Kalibaru, Jakarta, earlier this year. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Volunteers counting coins collected to help Prita Mulyasari pay her fine in a civil defamation lawsuit filed by Omni International Hospital. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)

A bus driver’s assistant and a taxi driver fighting in South Jakarta. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)

Beggars sleep outside Grand Indonesia mall in Jakarta. (JG Photo/ Afriadi Hikmal)

A man in Jakarta wears a shirt with an image of Japanese porn star Miyabi. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)

Children living on the banks of Ciliwung River in Manggarai, South Jakarta, playing a traditional game where one of them pretends to be an eagle about to swoop in and snatch a bunch of chicks from their mother's protection. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)

Then-Golkar Party Chairman Jusuf Kalla, center right, with Hanura Party Chairman Wiranto, after signing an agreement for a 2009-14 legislative coalition in Jakarta on May 1. In attendance was PDI-P Chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri, left, and Gerindra Chairman Prabowo Subianto. (JG Photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

Mask maker Karimun holding the first mask he made, as he lies confined to bed in East Java. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

A Hindu priest praying outside the JW Marriott hotel days after the July 17 bombings in Kuningan, South Jakarta. (JG Photo/ Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

Youths swimming in Pluit Lake, which is covered by bubbles caused by household and industrial waste. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)

A pregnant woman offering her services as a three-in-one jockey on Jalan Gatot Subroto in Central Jakarta. (JG Photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

Hundreds of people competing with each other to buy subsidized sugar in Tanah Abang, Jakarta. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Indonesian karate athlete Puspita Triana throwing a kick against Ng Pei Ru of Singapore at the 2009 SEA Games in Vientiane, Laos, on Dec. 11. (JG Photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno)

In a house in West Java a group of children afflicted by cerebral palsy and other disabilities are undergoing physical therapy and counseling. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)