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Authorities raises alert to its second-highest level and prohibited residents from going within 3km of the crater
Plumes of ash rise above Mount Merapi on Monday. Reuters
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Eleven climbers dead and several missing after Indonesian volcano erupts
Authorities raises alert to its second-highest level and prohibited residents from going within 3km of the crater
Plumes of ash rise above Mount Merapi on Monday. Reuters
Police conduct an investigation at the site of an explosion at a church in Marawi city, Lanao Del Sur, Philippines. EPABomb blast kills four at Philippine church service in suspected ISIS attack
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