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Photo of the day: In the shadow of the holy and the divine

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DWARFED by the Putra Mosque, Turkish tourist Emra and a friend enjoy kayaking around the Putrajaya Lake. 

Tourist arrivals in Malaysia have picked up since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tourism Malaysia has said it hopes arrivals this year will surpass pre-pandemic levels, when there were 26.1 million international arrivals in 2019. – January 29, 2024

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