Mount Sinabung volcano erupts

A man and his son look as smoke and ash billow from Mount Sinabung Photograph: Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images

Mount Sinabung spews clouds of hot ash Photograph: Ade Sahputra/EPA

Volcanic ash spews from the summit of Mount Sinabung, reaching at least 6,600 feet during the volcano's second eruption at 6.30 am on 30 August Photograph: Tarigan/AFP/Getty Images

Villagers living nearby have been forced to flee their houses Photograph: ATAR/AFP/Getty Images

Wearing face masks, evacuated children wait at a shelter in Brastagi, northern Sumatra Photograph: Tarmizy Harva/Reuters

A villager loads his goats into a van Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

The volcano has discharged hot lava and soot high into the sky in its first eruption for four centuries Photograph: Ade Sahputra/EPA

A villager covers her nose and mouth against the volcanic ash in the air Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

Face masks are the only available protection against airborne particles from the eruption Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

A woman carries her child in the district of Tanah Karo, outside the city of Medan Photograph: Tarmizy Harva/Reuters

A man rides away his motorbike away from the clouds of smoke Photograph: Tarmizy Harva/Reuters

Villagers, covered in ash, leave the area Photograph: Reuters

Carrying some belongings, a man leaves Medan Photograph: Ade Sahputra/EPA

A family leave Naman village on a truck following the volcano eruption Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

A boy looks on as a band performs at a shelter for those displaced by the eruption Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

A Kuta Rakyat villager herds his buffalo away from the danger area Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

Mount Sinabung spews clouds of hot ash and smoke overnight Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

A villager wears a protective face mask as Mount Sinabung spews thick smoke from its summit Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images

A villager harvests tomatoes in Bekerah village Photograph: Tarmizy Harva/Reuters

A group of men in Guru Kinayan village Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

Beringin Sembiring sprays pesticide on his farm near Mount Sinabung in Tanah Karo Photograph: Ade Sahputra/EPA

Villagers return to their home in Sukanalu village to retrieve belongings left behind when they were being evacuated Photograph: BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images