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title: "Indonesians pray for rain amid wildfires and choking smoke"
description: "Most outlets led with the public's spiritual response to wildfires and the resulting choking smoke. One outlet additionally reported that Indonesian police have arrested 72 people suspected of starting fires."
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# Indonesians pray for rain amid wildfires and choking smoke

world · latest filing 25 Aug 2026, 6:55 PM PKT · 25 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the public's spiritual response to wildfires and the resulting choking smoke. One outlet additionally reported that Indonesian police have arrested 72 people suspected of starting fires.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dunya News** — [Indonesians brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/969685-indonesians-brave-choking-smoke-to-pray-for-rain-as-country-battles-wi) · 25 Aug 2026, 6:55 PM PKT
  > Indonesian police have arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the forest and peatland fires.
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Indonesians brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2655779/world) · 25 Aug 2026, 12:08 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > PALEMBANG: Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra, the province with the highest number of wildfire hot spots, turned to spiritual measures on Tuesday as huge blazes in central and western regions scorched wide areas of forests and peatland, creating a choking haze that blanketed some cities in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. The prayer gathering initiative comes as the pro...

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