1 / 4   Two 18-year-olds were whipped Thursday in Indonesian Aceh Province for being caught cuddling in public. /VCG Photo

2 / 4   The college student and her boyfriend were flogged 17 times outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh. /VCG Photo

3 / 4   The two teenagers had served several months in prison ahead of the corporal punishment. /VCG Photo

4 / 4   Aceh is the only one of Indonesia’s 34 provinces that can legally implement Sharia. The state enacted the Sharia criminal code in 2015, criminalizing adultery, gambling, drinking alcohol, homosexuality and sexual activities outside marriage. /VCG Photo