The didgeridoo is a long wooden or bamboo wind instrument played by vibrating the lips into the mouth, producing a continuous drone. Archaeologists have no firm date for its origin, but rock paintings in Arnhem Land in northern Australia show a didgeridoo player taking part in a ceremony from the freshwater period, which began about 1,500 years ago. Some researchers therefore think it was developed in that region, and the earliest written records come from the 1830s, when a British naval voyage sketched a player near Raffles Bay. Its use was also tied to ceremonial life, and it was once known only in parts of the north and west of the continent.

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed his resignation to parliament after questions were raised about his eligibility for office and his academic credentials. Gibran is the son of former president Joko Widodo, and his resignation came as Widodo publicly backed the president, Prabowo Subianto. Gibran had been elected vice president in 2024 as Prabowo's running mate. His candidacy was made possible by a 2023 Constitutional Court ruling on the minimum age for candidates, which was itself controversial. Parliament will now consider the resignation.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.