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Results of Asian Press Photo 2023

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Ramadan meals among the ruins in Idlib

Mouneb Taim, Syrian

Neither the war nor the destruction prevented the people from holding a group breakfast for the people, which was an important habit for them in the month of Ramadan, which made them determined and determined to revive a group breakfast among each other on the rubble.

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Earthquake in Yaan

Zhang Jiawei, Chinese

At 12:52 on September 5, 2022, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers. In one of the most severely damaged areas by the earthquake, on the Dagangshan Dam in Wanggangping Yi and Tibetan Township, Shimian County, Ya'an City, rescuers lay on the ground during intermittent breaks.

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Tears of The Darkness - Kanjuruhan Tragedy Aftermath

Dwi Arief Priyono, Indonesia, Project Multatuli

135 lives were lost after the Arema Football Club match against Persebaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia, on October 1st, 2022. Where 40 of them were still a child. This is a football second biggest tragedy considering the loss of life number in the world after Estadio Nacional Disaster, Lima, Peru, which killed 328 people on May 24th , 1964.

The Kanjuruhan Tragedy occurred after the police guard fired tear gas into the stands at the end of the match. Those who panicked and couldn't see because of the tear gas scrambled away, and sought to the exit door but the stadium doors were closed. Most of those who died, piled up on the stairs leading to gate 13.

After conducting an autopsy, the police proclaimed that the death was not due to tear gasses, in contrast to the statement from the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), which stated that the death was due to tear gasses.

Aremania (the supporter of Arema Football Club) was furious to hear the police's conclusion, they fought on the streets by holding various protest signs. The victim's family demands justice and asks the perpetrators to be punished as severely as possible.

However, the panel of judges in Surabaya district court ruled to acquit the two cops who were in charge on the night of the incident based on consideration that they are not proven to have committed any crime on those horrible cases which caused the death of 135 people. The judges believe the tear gas smoke was blown by the wind to reach the tribune of the stadium.

Amnesty International condemned the acquittal, they stated that the authority continuously failed to serve justice towards the police violence’s victims, even though they did promise to demand accountability from the parties involved.

Amnesty International insisted on the Indonesian Government to ensure the accountability of all Police Forces involved in the Kanjuruhan tragedy. Thus, including the people in the command line. This insistence aims to guarantee justice and to break any immunity chain.

This tragedy also became one reason that FIFA had to cancel Indonesia as the host of FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023.

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Cianjur Earthquake

Arie Basuki, Indonesian, merdeka.com

Two hours after the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred at noon on November 21 2022 in the small town of Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, hundreds of injured residents were taken to the Cimacan Hospital, Cianjur. Residents panicked because so far for almost the last 30 years there has never been a major earthquake. The earthquake killed more than 600 residents and caused tens of thousands of people to flee because their houses collapsed.
The cause of the earthquake in Cianjur was revealed by the BMKG that the cause of the Cianjur earthquake was an active fault in the Cugenang Fault that was 9 km long and crossed at least 9 villages.

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Intensity of Flame

Subrata Dey, Bangladesh, ZUMA PRESS

A country's future depends on stocks and imports and exports. Bangladesh is now a developing country in South Asia. At the same time, due to mismanagement and inexperience in its maintenance in total development system has harmful effects on public life and environment. Many container depots have sprung up privately across the country to advance the development drive.

Recently 4th June 2022 one such container depot name BM container depot at Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong faced chemical explosion and fire. 49 people confirmed dead in the blaze, also the mixing of chemicals in the air and water has a devastating effect on the environment. Chemical burns mixed with toxic gases in the air. Along with future development, human resource should be improved. The environment will lose clean air and people will lose their lives due to accident.

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Heartbreaking Tragedy

Hayu Yudha Prabowo, Indonesian, kliktimes.com

The East Java derby between Arema FC and Persebaya FC ended tragically at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, Indonesia, on October 1, 2022. This heartbreaking tragedy left 135 supporters dead and hundreds injured. The incident occurred after Arema FC lost to Persebaya by a score of 2-3. Arema FC supporters began to enter the field but were then driven away by police and soldiers. Police fired tear gas to control the situation, causing supporters to panic and storm the exit. The use of tear gas is suspected to be an indirect cause of many fatalities.