Mount Soputan spews columns of ash near houses in Minahasa district, in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, yesterday. Villagers living near the volcano are calm and have refused to leave their homes, a local government official said. Indonesia has the highest number of active volcanoes of any country, sitting on a belt of intense seismic activity known as the Pacific Ring of Fire.

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