A couple in Indonesia were publicly flogged 100 times each after they were found guilty of sex outside marriage by a court operating under strict Islamic law.

The man and woman stood in front of a crowd in the country's conservative Aceh province on Wednesday as they received their brutal punishment.

Sexual relations between an unmarried couple is outlawed in Aceh - which is the only area that practices Sharia law in Indonesia, and the only region where floggings take place.

Shocking images show the pair grimacing in pain as a masked member of the Sharia police delivers the agonizing lashings.

Indonesia banned sex outside of marriage in its latest criminal code in 2022 but that law will not come into force until next year.