AP PHOTOS: Indonesia expects biggest-ever Eid homecoming, a mass movement of over 190 million people

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AP PHOTOS: Indonesia expects biggest-ever Eid homecoming, a mass movement of over 190 million people

2024-04-09 10:24 Last Updated At：11:21

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —

Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family.

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Motorists queue up to board a ferry to leave for their hometowns at Gilimanuk Port on Bali Island, Indonesia on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

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People wait for the train that will take them to their hometown ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, at Senen Train Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People board boats as they travel to their home villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday, at a wharf in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hatta)

People wait for their buses as they leave for their hometowns ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People wait for the departure of their buses to Central Java on a free trip home organized by Indonesian National Police ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People board a bus as they leave for their hometown ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People wait for their buses as they leave for their hometowns ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People board boats as they travel to their home villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday at a wharf in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hatta)

A man carries his belongings at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to leave for their hometowns at Gilimanuk Port on Bali Island, Indonesia on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to cross to Sumatra Island ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ciwandan Port in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dziki Oktomauliyadi)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to cross to Sumatra Island ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ciwandan Port in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dziki Oktomauliyadi)

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —

People wait for the train that will take them to their hometown ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, at Senen Train Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People board boats as they travel to their home villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday, at a wharf in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hatta)

People wait for their buses as they leave for their hometowns ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People wait for the departure of their buses to Central Java on a free trip home organized by Indonesian National Police ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People board a bus as they leave for their hometown ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People wait for their buses as they leave for their hometowns ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People board boats as they travel to their home villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday at a wharf in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hatta)

A man carries his belongings at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to leave for their hometowns at Gilimanuk Port on Bali Island, Indonesia on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to cross to Sumatra Island ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ciwandan Port in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dziki Oktomauliyadi)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to cross to Sumatra Island ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ciwandan Port in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dziki Oktomauliyadi)

The Transportation Ministry expects the largest movement of people in Indonesia's history.

The agency is projecting the number of travelers heading home could reach 193 million, or nearly 72% of the population — up from 124 million, or 46%, last year.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. And every year, there is a vast exodus of people from urban centers across the vast archipelago to more rural hometowns to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The homecoming tradition is known as “mudik.”

In the capital, Jakarta, thousands of people have filled bus and train stations every day over the past week. More than 1.1 million people are expected to depart the greater Jakarta area to return to hometowns.

Celtics advance to East semifinals, beating short-handed Heat 118-84 in Game 5

2024-05-02 10:05 Last Updated At：10:11

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown and Derrick White each scored 25 points and the Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the short-handed Miami Heat 118-84 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Boston will face the winner of the Cleveland-Orlando series. The Cavaliers lead 3-2, with Game 6 in Orlando on Friday night.

Brown also had six assists, and White hit five 3-pointers. Sam Hauser added 17 points and Jayson Tatum had 16 points and 12 rebounds, The top-seeded Celtics never trailed and led by 35 points. They also got a measure of revenge a year after the Heat routed them in Game 7 of the conference finals in Boston.

Bam Adebayo scored 23 points and Tyler Herro had 15 for Miami, which made its first exit from the playoffs prior to the conference finals since 2021. The Heat struggled throughout, going 3 of 29 from 3-point range.

Boston played for the first time this postseason without center Kristaps Porzingis after he strained his right calf in the Celtics’ Game 4 victory. His teammates filled in the gaps, as the Celtics’ lead reached 30 points in the first half.

Boston exploited a Heat team that was the most injured it’d been in the series. Jaime Jaquez Jr. sat out after suffering a hip injury in Game 4. He was replaced in the lineup by Delon Wright, marking the 37th starting five the Heat used this season. Jaquez joined Jimmy Butler (knee) and Terry Rozier (neck), who had both been sidelined since the start of the series.

It made for unique rotations for Miami, which included veteran Patty Mills logging minutes for just the third time in the series.

Boston seized on the vulnerabilities in the Heat’s defense, spreading them out and knocking down eight 3-pointers in the opening period. It helped the Celtics carry an 18-point lead into the second quarter.

The highlight of the opening 12 minutes came courtesy of White, who pulverized Miami from long distance with eight 3s in Game 4. He stayed on the attack early Wednesday, faking a 3-point attempt and then driving in for an uncontested one-handed dunk.

White played to the home crowd afterward, holding his hand in front of his face as he backpedaled up the court. After the Heat called a timeout, a courtside fan near the Celtics’ bench could be seen pantomiming fanning White on the sideline.

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AP PHOTOS: Indonesia expects biggest-ever Eid homecoming, a mass movement of over 190 million people

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AP PHOTOS: Indonesia expects biggest-ever Eid homecoming, a mass movement of over 190 million people

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —

A man carries his belongings at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to leave for their hometowns at Gilimanuk Port on Bali Island, Indonesia on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to cross to Sumatra Island ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ciwandan Port in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dziki Oktomauliyadi)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —

A man carries his belongings at Kalideres Bus Terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to leave for their hometowns at Gilimanuk Port on Bali Island, Indonesia on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Motorists queue up to board a ferry to cross to Sumatra Island ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ciwandan Port in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dziki Oktomauliyadi)

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