Eight convicted drug smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia.
The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan early on Wednesday morning local time.
Among those executed were Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Earlier, the men's families were allowed to see them for the last time.
Australia had appealed to Indonesia to delay the executions, citing alleged flaws in how their case was prosecuted.
Those put to death also include Nigerian nationals, a Brazilian and an Indonesian.
A Filipina woman was also due to be executed but was spared at the last minute.
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso's execution was postponed after a request by the Philippine president, a spokesman from the attorney general's office told the BBC.
The request came after someone who allegedly framed Veloso to carry heroin into Indonesia turned himself in in the Philippines, the spokesman went on.
Indonesia would give Veloso the chance to testify as a witness in the trial in the Philippines, the spokesman said.
A Frenchman also convicted of drug offences, Serge Areski Atlaoui, has also been sentenced to death but has an appeal outstanding.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013.
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