• Pigeons fly as mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke at Berastepu village, Karo, North Sumatra. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    Pigeons fly as mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke at Berastepu village, Karo, North Sumatra. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • A resident rides his motorcycles as mount Sinabung spews smoke and ashes, at Tiga Serangkai village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    A resident rides his motorcycles as mount Sinabung spews smoke and ashes, at Tiga Serangkai village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • Indonesian workers repair the rooftop of a church, as mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in the background at Berastepu village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    Indonesian workers repair the rooftop of a church, as mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in the background at Berastepu village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • Indonesian children are seen under a makeshift shelter at a field, as mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in the background, in Tiga Serangkai village, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    Indonesian children are seen under a makeshift shelter at a field, as mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in the background, in Tiga Serangkai village, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • An Indonesian villager walks with a bucket on her head as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Kuta Tonggal village, Karo, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    An Indonesian villager walks with a bucket on her head as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Kuta Tonggal village, Karo, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • A resident takes photos of mount Sinabung’s eruption at Tiga Serangkai village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    A resident takes photos of mount Sinabung’s eruption at Tiga Serangkai village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • Indonesian villagers ride on a motorbike as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Kuta Tonggal village, Karo, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    Indonesian villagers ride on a motorbike as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Kuta Tonggal village, Karo, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • A man watches as Mount Sinabung continues to erupt, with hot smoke spewing from the volcano, in the Karo district on the north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Sutanta Aditya / AFP Photo
    A man watches as Mount Sinabung continues to erupt, with hot smoke spewing from the volcano, in the Karo district on the north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Sutanta Aditya / AFP Photo
  • A man uses his mobile phone as Mount Sinabung continues to erupt, with hot smoke spewing from the volcano, in the Karo district on the north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Sutanta Aditya / AFP Photo
    A man uses his mobile phone as Mount Sinabung continues to erupt, with hot smoke spewing from the volcano, in the Karo district on the north of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Sutanta Aditya / AFP Photo

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Residents of Sumatra province, North of Indonesia, evacuate as volcanoes erupt.

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