Associated Press photographers Dita Alangkara, Tatan Syuflana and Achmad Ibrahim fanned out Friday morning to document this attempt at recovering normal routine after a violent and frightening day.
The Starbucks where the first bomb went off was draped in fabric as investigators pored over evidence and armed officers stood watch outside. Just a bit farther off, bystanders took out their cameras to take selfies with the shattered cafe as a backdrop.
In an Indonesian tradition, well-wishers bought floral displays of condolence and placed them near the cafe. And on a median at the intersection where violence raged, a long-haired man with John Lennon glasses held a poster of the singer that urged onlookers to say yes to rock 'n' roll, no to terrorism.
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Police and officials gather in the parking lot outside the damaged
Starbucks cafe where Thursday's attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia,
on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after attackers detonated bombs and
engaged in gunbattles with police in the central part of Indonesia’s
capital, Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.
An armed policeman stands in front of a Burger King restaurant near the
Starbucks cafe where Thursday's attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia,
on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after attackers detonated bombs and
engaged in gunbattles with police in the central part of Indonesia’s
capital, Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.
Officials survey the damage inside the Starbucks cafe where Thursday's
attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day
after attackers detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with police
in the central part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get itself
back on track.
A motorized three-wheeled taxi carrying Muslim students drives past the
Starbucks cafe where Thursday's attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia,
on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after attackers detonated bombs and
engaged in gunbattles with police in the central part of Indonesia’s
capital, Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.
Wreaths of condolence for attack victims, one with the words "Let's Not
Fight Each Other", are brought to the area outside the Starbucks cafe
where Thursday's attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Jan.
15, 2016. A day after attackers detonated bombs and engaged in
gunbattles with police in the central part of Indonesia’s capital,
Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.
Indonesian men uses their mobile phones to take pictures outside the
Starbucks cafe where Thursday's attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia,
on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after attackers detonated bombs and
engaged in gunbattles with police in the central part of Indonesia’s
capital, Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.
Curious onlookers gather outside the Starbucks cafe where Thursday's
attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day
after attackers detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with police in
the central part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get itself
back on track.
Security guards check the bags of pedestrians outside of a McDonald's
restaurant across the street from the Starbucks cafe where Thursday's
attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day
after attackers detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with police in
the central part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get itself
back on track.
A man poses for a photo outside the Starbucks cafe where Thursday's
attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day
after attackers detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with police in
the central part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get itself
back on track.
A man takes a selfie outside the Starbucks cafe where Thursday's attack
occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after
attackers detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with police in the
central part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get itself back on
track.
A man stands on a traffic median with a poster of John Lennon across the
street from Sarinah shopping mall near the Starbucks cafe where
Thursday's attack occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016.
A day after attackers detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with
police in the central part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get
itself back on track.
A man reads a newspaper with a front page story about Thursday's attacks
at the Starbucks cafe in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A
day after attackers detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with
police in the central part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get
itself back on track.
Muslims perform Friday prayers at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia,
Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after attackers detonated bombs and engaged
in gunbattles with police in the central part of Indonesia’s capital,
Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.
Muslims perform Friday prayers at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia,
Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after attackers detonated bombs and engaged
in gunbattles with police in the central part of Indonesia’s capital,
Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.
A woman walks past a banner on a pedestrian bridge with the words "We
are Not Afraid" following Thursday's attacks at the Starbucks cafe in
Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. A day after attackers
detonated bombs and engaged in gunbattles with police in the central
part of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta tried to get itself back on track.