A new generation of orphans as COVID ravages Indonesia
Al Jazeera
As Indonesia’s COVID-19 death toll rises each day, too many young children know the despair of losing their parents.
At a cemetery in East Kalimantan, 13-year-old Arga stands before his parents’ graves, dressed in a hazmat suit. Relatives have gathered around the cemetery for his mother’s funeral. Arga’s face is covered, but his voice reveals his grief. It shakes as he recites the call to prayer. Both his parents died from COVID-19. They are buried beside each other.
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