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Hundreds of people in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta have gathered to perform Salat al-Istisqa, a special prayer for rain.
Muslims perform the prayer during droughts and prolonged dry spells, seeking rainfall from Allah.
Indonesia is currently grappling with devastating wildfires, some of which have been burning for weeks.
Thousands of people have been hospitalised with respiratory infections amid the crisis.
Millions of people in Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo, known as Kalimantan, have been affected by toxic smoke from the wildfires.
The smoke has also spread to neighbouring Malaysia and as far north as the Philippines.
Source: BBC
