
(FILES) This aerial picture shows smoke shrouding the Equator Monument and the city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan on September 17, 2026. Every few years, residents of Indonesia's West Kalimantan province contend with devastating wildfires and a noxious haze shuttering schools, sickening the elderly and infirm, and stifling the local economy. Now, they've had enough. (Photo by DITO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'INDONESIA-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-JUSTICEM-CLIMATE-HAZE,FOCUS' by Cece Kusmana




