# Indonesians brave choking smoke to pray for rain as wildfires spread

https://mins.news/en/item/31268

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-25 05:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4qDbOcu

> Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province organized a mass Islamic prayer for rain as fires in forests and peatlands generated suffocating haze across parts of the country.

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