They may have the faces of dolls, but the subjects in these photos are very much alive. In a series called 'A Kind of You' Finnish photographer Perttu Saksa documents the disturbing world of Jakarta's ...

Squatting near a busy traffic junction in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, monkey-handler Takiadi tugs at the long-tailed macaque at the end of the leash he is clutching. The movement jolts the skinny, ...

Children watch a trained monkey wearing a mask during a "topeng monyet" (masked monkey) show, a traditional Indonesian street performance, in east Jakarta. Reuters Masked monkey shows in Indonesia’s ...

Security forces are fanning out across Jakarta conducting raids to rescue macaques used in popular street masked monkey performances. The order came from Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, better known as ...

JAKARTA — The Jakarta Governor is putting a stop to street monkey performances, known locally as “topeng monyet”. Animal rights activists said the dancing monkeys are ill-treated by their handlers; ...

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Authorities in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, have announced an end to all roadside monkey performances. The ban, which will come into effect by next year, is aimed at reducing incidences of animal ...

Security forces are fanning out across Jakarta conducting raids to rescue macaques used in popular street masked monkey performances. The order came from Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, better known as ...

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