Victims of mud eruption win oil company damages – in pictures

In Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, most residents of villages damaged by the 2006 Sidoarjo mudflow eruption have finally received compensation from the Indonesian oil and gas company Lapindo Brantas. However, more than 100 families are still waiting for the promised cash. The mud eruption is suspected to have been triggered by the drilling activities of the company, although it refutes that, instead blaming an earthquake two days before for causing US$2.7 billion of damage.