Photo Essay: As a Super El Niño Looms, Indonesia’s Crippling Drought Deepens
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The sound of rubber sandals crunching on dry bamboo leaves echoes in the fading light of Sumur Bendung. Maia Ruda, a 58-year-old mother, walks down a steep, tricky path toward a narrow riverbed in Gunung Batur village, Cilegon, carrying an empty 15-liter (4-gallon) plastic jug on her back. The path gets slipperier and more dangerous as it winds down the valley, where it cuts through mossy stone and damp earth.
Photo: Garry Lotulung
As the sun sets, other women with their own 15-liter jugs are al
Photo: Garry Lotulung
As the sun sets, other women with their own 15-liter jugs are al
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