Will the youth vote win? Indonesians have voted for a new president. Some worry about what their choices could mean for the future of the country.
High stakes in the world’s biggest election
Active democracy: Voters in traditional dress cast their votes in one of Indonesia’s 820,000 polling booths. Glossary
Polling stations - Places where people go to vote in an election.
Election - A vote in which someone is chosen to represent a group of people.
Indonesia - A country in south-east Asia, made up of over 17,000 islands.
Democracy - A system of government based on the idea of rule by the people.
K-pop - Short for Korean pop. Pop music originating from South Korea.
Environment - The natural world.
Human rights - The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to live your life. Some have called for animals and even natural phenomena like rivers to have some form of human rights.