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The site of an old cemetery has re-emerged from the receding waters of the Gajah Mungkur Reservoir in Wuryantoro, Wonogiri, Central Java, Indonesia.

The graves belonged to residents whose villages were displaced by the construction of the 8,800-hectare reservoir, which submerged 51 villages across seven districts between 1976 and 1980.

The cemetery becomes visible as water levels fall during the dry season before being submerged again when the rains return.

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecasts that 437 Seasonal Zones (ZOM), covering around 48.77 per cent of the country's land area, will experience a prolonged dry season in 2026.