Jeka Dehtiarov performs the “Cyr Wheel Act” during the Swiss Dream Circus Performance in Damansara, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 June 2023. The Swiss Dream Circus Performance will be held from 28 June to 23 July 2023. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)





Muslims walk to a mosque for morning prayer during the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Selayang on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A Rohingya Muslim child comforts a cow which will be slaughtered for sacrifice during the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, near a mosque in Selayang on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





The sun rises behind the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Visitors wearing traditional Japanese clothes pose for a photo during the 47th Bon Odori Festival in Selangor, Malaysia on July 22, 2023. Bon Odori is a Japanese folk dance that is usually accompanied by singing and dancing with the lively rhythm of drums, gongs and flutes. The mid-year festival is held annually as a popular get-together summer event in every district of every city in Japan. (Photo by Syaiful Redzuan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A cat sits inside a dryer at the Rocky's Cat club on the eve of the International Cat Day in Ampang, near Kuala Lumpur on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





Motorcyclists pass by campaign flags ahead of the state election in Gombak, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Six of Malaysia’s 13 states are holding elections now because the local governments refused to call for early polls at the same time as general elections in November. They cited the need to prepare for floods during the year-end annual monsoon season. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





This aerial photo shows a boat on the dry riverbed of the Pahang river in Chenor, Malaysia's Pahang state, on August 10, 2023. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





A voter cast her ballot for the state elections at a polling station in Selayang, outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Saturday, August 12, 2023. Voting began Saturday in crucial state elections in Malaysia, where Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's multi-coalition government is seeking to strengthen its hold against a strong Islamic opposition. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A general view of a plane crash scene in Shah Alam, Malaysia on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)





A member of the fire and rescue department inspect the crash site of a small plane in Shah Alam district, Malaysia, Thursday, August 17, 2023. Police say a small aircraft has crashed in the suburb of Malaysia's central Selangor state, with multiple bodies recovered. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Giant male panda Xing Xing checks his ice cake on its 17th birthday at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday, August 23, 2023. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





This picture taken on August 24, 2023 shows an ethnic Malaysian-Chinese artist preparing to perform a Chinese opera in front of empty seats believed to be seated by dead ancestors during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Kajang, Malaysia's Selangor state. The festival, celebrated in the seventh lunar month of the lunar new year calendar among communities in southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, marks the belief that the 'Gates of Hell' are opened to let out the hungry ghosts who then wander in the land of the living while foraging for food. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





A Tao priest blows a fire as a part of a ritual during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Damansara, Malaysia, 26 August 2023. According to a Chinese tradition, the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar is called the Ghost Month in which ghosts and spirits are believed to come out from hell to visit the Earth. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA/EFE)





Dancers perform during the National Day parade in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, August 31, 2023. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged Malaysians to unite and reject racial and religious bigotry, as the country marked its 66th year of freedom from British rule on Thursday with fireworks and a street parade. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A rider jumps a motorbike over a group of participants during the Malaysia National Day 2023 celebrations in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 31 August 2023. National Day celebrations were held at the Independence Square to mark the 66th anniversary of independence from Britain, which occured on 31 August 1957. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA)





Members of Malaysian school-based government youth organization KRS hold their national flags during the National Day parade in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, August 31, 2023. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged Malaysians to unite and reject racial and religious bigotry, as the country marked its 66th year of freedom from British rule on Thursday with fireworks and a street parade. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Ethnic Chinese throw paper offerings during burning of a giant paper statue of the Chinese deity “Da Shi Ye” or “Guardian God of Ghosts” during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, late Thursday, August 31, 2023. The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when prayers are offered to the dead and offerings of food and paper-made models of items such as televisions, refrigerators and sport cars are burnt to appease the wandering spirits. It is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Volunteers wait before taking part in the 66th National Day celebrations in Malaysia's administrative capital Putrajaya, on August 31, 2023. The country commemorates the independence of the Federation of Malaya from British rule in 1957. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





Volunteers wearing the Malaysian traditional dress called “Songket” wait before taking part in the 66th National Day celebrations in Malaysia's administrative capital Putrajaya, on August 31, 2023. The country commemorates the independence of the Federation of Malaya from British rule in 1957. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)