Indonesia's capital is literally sinking: Jakarta subsides by several centimeters every year, and in some districts it's measured in tens of centimeters. The mosque in the first photo—people used to go there for prayers just ten years ago, but now you'd pretty much need to swim there.

The city and sea are now being separated by a giant wall. The project is still far from finished, and it's really just buying a little time anyway.

Uncontrolled groundwater consumption, swampy terrain, and rampant development have created the perfect conditions for the city to flood.

The government couldn't come up with anything better than building a new capital in the jungle on another island. They even started construction on Nusantara a couple years ago, but lately the project has stalled. And no one's planning to move more than ten million Jakarta residents there. Just the officials. Everyone else? They'll figure it out themselves, apparently.

What's really crazy about all this is that the real estate market has been booming in recent years and housing prices just keep going up. By 2050, forecasts say the northern part will be underwater. That's where most of the poor neighborhoods are, like in the photo, but the rest of the city's infrastructure might not be able to handle the increased strain.