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Mount Agung: Bali volcano preparations and prayers

News imageReuters/@eyes_of_a_nomad Mount Agung volcano is seen spewing smoke and ashReuters/@eyes_of_a_nomad
Dark gas has been seen rising up to 3,400m (11,150ft) above Mount Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali, with explosions being heard as far as 12km (7 miles) away.
News imageAFP Balinese Hindus take part in a ceremony, where they pray near Mount Agung in hope of preventing a volcanic eruption, in Muntig villageAFP
Local Hindus have been conducting a ceremony in the shadow of the volcano, praying that a major eruption will be prevented.
News imageAFP Balinese Hindus take part in a ceremony, where they pray near Mount Agung in hope of preventing a volcanic eruption, in Muntig villageAFP
The volcano's last major eruption was more than 50 years ago - and left more than 1,000 people dead.
News imageReuters/Antara An officer with the disaster management agency BPBD places a mask on child at a shelterReuters/Antara
Authorities have ordered people within 10km (six miles) of the volcano to leave their villages.
News imageAFP A Balinese girl wears a maskAFP
Officials have prepared 500,000 face masks and told locals to wear them when they are outdoors.
News imageReuters/Antara A motorist rides his motorbike during a shower of ash and rain from Mount AgungReuters/Antara
The gas and ash irritate both eyes and skin and are particularly dangerous to people with respiratory illnesses.
News imageEPA Evacuees stay at an emergency shelter as the Mount Agung volcano spews volcanic ash in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, 26 November 2017.EPA
About 25,000 people are already in temporary shelters - many evacuated in September, when Mount Agung started rumbling.
News imageReuters/Antara A farmer ploughs his field as Mount Agung erupts in the background in Culik villageReuters/Antara
The holiday island has lost at least $110m (£83m) in tourism and productivity as a result of the evacuations.
News imageEPA Balinese children play soccer as the Mount Agung volcano spews volcanic ash in KarangasemEPA
Indonesia is home to more than 130 active volcanoes.
News imageReuters Mount Agung volcano erupts as seen from Besakih Temple in KarangasemReuters
The country sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where the collision of tectonic plates leads to both earthquakes and volcanic activity.