XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240425) -- BEIJING, April 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Prabowo Subianto (L) and Gibran Rakabuming greet the session participants at General Election Commission building in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2024. Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) on Wednesday declared Prabowo Subianto as the country's eighth president after appeals of two defeated presidential candidates concerning a dispute over presidential polls in February were rejected by the constitutional court. KPU Chairman Hasyim Asy'ari announced that Prabowo and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka have been selected to be the president and vice president for the period of 2024 until 2029 with around 96 million or nearly 59 percent of the total votes. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT-DECLARATION

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT-DECLARATION

(240424) -- JAKARTA, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Prabowo Subianto (L) and Gibran Rakabuming greet the session participants at General Election Commission building in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 24, 2024. Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) here on Wednesday declared Prabowo Subianto as the country's eighth president after appeals of two defeated presidential candidates concerning a dispute over presidential polls in February were rejected by the constitutional court. KPU Chairman Hasyim Asy'ari announced that Prabowo and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka have been selected to be the president and vice president for the period of 2024 until 2029 with around 96 million or nearly 59 percent of the total votes. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-GENERAL ELECTIONS

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-GENERAL ELECTIONS

(240320) -- JAKARTA, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) Hasyim Asy'ari (C) speaks during the commission's open plenary meeting to determine the result of the 2024 general elections at the commission's office in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 20, 2024. Presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka won Indonesia's 2024 presidential election, the country's General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)

13th anniversary of Sumatra earthquake-tsunami disaster

13th anniversary of Sumatra earthquake-tsunami disaster

Ikhsan Hasyim (front) prays along with other attendants for the victims of the 2004 earthquake-tsunami disaster off Sumatra Island during a memorial ceremony held at a mosque in Indonesia's Aceh province on Dec. 26, 2017, the 13th anniversary of the tragedy. He lost seven relatives including his wife and parents in the tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo