A man paddles a boat passing by a partially submerged house by flood water in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia December 21, 2022. More than 70000 were forced into relief centres, with numbers rising in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, according to local media. REUTERS/Stringer 

Residents are rescued by a boat from the flood relief centre as the flood water rise and partially submerged the building at Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia December 21, 2022. More than 70000 were forced into relief centres, with numbers rising in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, according to local media. REUTERS/Stringer 

Residents are rescued by boats from the flood relief centre as the flood water rise and partially submerged the building at Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia December 21, 2022. More than 70000 were forced into relief centres, with numbers rising in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, according to local media. REUTERS/Stringer 

A group of men break their fast at the side of a highway, as they travel to the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia, April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

A group of men break their fast at the side of a highway, as they travel to the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia, April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

A family break their fast at the side of a highway as they travel to the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia, April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

An ice sculpture of a child created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, is seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

A 120m sand artwork by Sand in Your Eye is seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular aims in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

A 120m sand artwork by Sand in Your Eye is seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular aims in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

A 120m sand artwork by Sand in Your Eye is seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular aims in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

A 120m sand artwork by Sand in Your Eye is seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular aims in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

A 120m sand artwork by Sand in Your Eye is seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular aims in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

A 120m sand artwork by Sand in Your Eye is seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular aims in New Brighton, Britain May 31, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

A map of the Korean peninsular is seen in a conference room of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commissions (NNSC) at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 

Stacked oil rig Ocean America, shrouded by haze, is seen in the waters off the coast of the Pengarang Peninsular in Malaysia's southern state of Johor October 6, 2015. Picture taken October 6, 2015. To match ENERGY-EMPLOYMENT/ REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Kate Pocklington, 32, a Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum conservator from Britain, removes flesh from the ribs of a sperm whale carcass near the western coast of Singapore July 13, 2015. Pocklington is part of a five-man team who will spend up to two weeks to deflesh the carcass before preparing the skeleton for display at the museum. The 10.6m (35 ft.) long female sperm whale beached itself onto Singapore shores on Friday and according to local media, was a species that had never previously been found in the waters around Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A general view of empty newly-built homes at Kota Iskandar in Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

Trucks ply a service road next to a demolished village home at a massive plot of land cleared for development near the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Complex (RAPID) Project in Pengerang, Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

A worker paints the fence at a massive plot of land cleared for development near the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Complex (RAPID) Project in Pengerang, Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

A half-constructed building lies abandoned next to the largely disused Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal in Pengerang, in the southeastern tip of Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

A general view of the largely disused Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal in Pengerang, in the southeastern tip of Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

A worker prepares to transport oil pipelines to be laid for the Pengerang Gas Pipeline Project at an area 40km (24 miles) away from the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Pengerang, Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

A truck transports oil pipelines to be laid for the Pengerang Gas Pipeline Project at an area 40km (24 miles) away from the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Pengerang, Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

Workers transport oil pipelines to be laid for the Pengerang Gas Pipeline Project at an area 40km (24 miles) away from the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Pengerang, Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

Workers build homes and shops in a partially completed new township about 40 km (24 miles) away from Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Pengerang, Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

A rusty and disused truck is parked along a row of shophouses in a largely empty township built for workers of the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Pengerang, in the southeastern tip of Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

A general view of the newly constructed roads and houses in a largely empty township built for workers of the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Pengerang, in the southeastern tip of Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher. On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION) 

A rusty oil barrel lies in the middle of a road in the largely empty new township built for workers of the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Pengerang, in the southeastern tip of Johor, February 4, 2015. A collapse in oil prices is making it harder to attract investment in the next phases of a plan to build one of Asia's biggest energy hubs on Malaysia's southernmost tip, a development estimated to be worth over $50 billion. The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) aims to help Malaysia compete with Singapore to become the region's top oil and petrochemicals hub, but the local government body coordinating the project said the environment was now clearly tougher.
On the once-sleepy Pengerang peninsular in the southern Johor state, villages have been relocated to make way for storage tanks, refineries and terminals under the almost $30 billion first phase. Picture taken February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE) 

Local women watch armed men, believed to be Russian soldiers, assemble near a Ukrainian military base in Perevalnoe in this March 5, 2014 file photo.

During Russia's occupation of the Crimean peninsular in Ukraine, masked men without insignia had appeared at Ukrainian army bases and important transport hubs all over the peninsular. Although they declined to say who they were, their Russian accents, military kit and license plates left little doubt that Moscow had sent them.

The locals believed they would protect them from attackers from Kiev and consequently welcomed the Russian soldiers like liberators, bringing them flowers and food and flocking to wherever they set up base as if a travelling circus had come to town. These two women had clearly dressed up for the occasion and flirted with the young men in uniform, who were visibly grateful for the distraction to their sentry duty.

Eventually, Russian soldiers became less anxious to be seen by foreign media chatting with their Ukrainian counterparts across the compound walls. - Thomas Peter
REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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North Korean players greet South Korean fans who cheered them with flags bearing the shape of Korean peninsular after beating Japan in their women's final soccer match at the Munhak Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon October 1, 2014. The slogan in the banner reads, "We are the one".
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

South Koreans cheer the North Korean team with flags bearing the shape of the Korean peninsular during the women's final soccer match between Japan and North Korea at the Munhak Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon October 1, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

A large flag bearing the shape of the Korean peninsular is seen as South Koreans cheer both the North and South Korean teams during the women's semi-final soccer match at the Munhak Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

South Koreans cheer both the North and South Korean teams together with flags bearing the shape of the Korean peninsular during the women's semi-final soccer match at the Munhak Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

South Koreans react as they cheer both the North and South Korean teams together with flags bearing the shape of the Korean peninsular during the women's semi-final soccer match at the Munhak Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

A South Korean waves flags bearing the shape of the Korean peninsular to celebrate the goal of South Korea's Jung Seol-bin (R) against North Korea during the women's semi-final soccer match at the Munhak Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

A South Korean waves South Korea's national flag and a flag bearing the shape of the Korean peninsular during the women's semi-final soccer match between South and North Korea at the Munhak Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 

Police look at portraits of missing political activists and journalists that protesters pasted on the gate of the Crimean interior ministry in Simferopol March 18, 2014. Twelve political activists and journalists who spoke out against the policies of the current Crimean local government have been missing without trace since the beginning of March following the appearance of armed men on the streets of the Ukrainian peninsular, according to a press release by the protest's organizers. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A man walks past a poster calling people to vote in a referendum in the Crimean city of Sevastopol March 16, 2014. Residents of the Crimean peninsular prepare to vote in a referendum on Sunday that is widely expected to transfer control of the Black Sea region from Ukraine to Moscow, despite an outcry and threat of sanctions from the West. The poster reads, "STOP. Fascism wont pass! Everybody to the referendum!" REUTERS/Baz Ratner (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS) 

A man walks past a poster calling people to vote in a referendum in the Crimean city of Sevastopol March 16, 2014. Residents of the Crimean peninsular prepare to vote in a referendum on Sunday that is widely expected to transfer control of the Black Sea region from Ukraine to Moscow, despite an outcry and threat of sanctions from the West. The poster reads, "On 16 March, we are choosing" and "or" (bottom). REUTERS/Baz Ratner (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS) 

A pro-Ukraine protester wears a jacket in the Ukrainian national colours as she attends a rally denouncing an upcoming referendum on the future of the Crimean peninsular in Simferopol, March 14, 2014. Outside the squat Soviet-era building that houses Sevastopol's authorities, pro-Russian activists have covered the wall with a blizzard of flyers aimed at persuading residents of Crimea to vote to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia on Sunday. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Pro-Ukraine protesters hold placards during a rally denouncing an upcoming referendum on the future of the Crimean peninsular in Simferopol, March 14, 2014. Outside the squat Soviet-era building that houses Sevastopol's authorities, pro-Russian activists have covered the wall with a blizzard of flyers aimed at persuading residents of Crimea to vote to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia on Sunday. The placards read: "We are for peace!", "Crimea - Ukraine" and "Ukraine". REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A Crimean Tartar man stands in front of the Ukrainian national flag as he attends a rally denouncing an upcoming referendum on the future of the Crimean peninsular in Simferopol, March 14, 2014. Outside the squat Soviet-era building that houses Sevastopol's authorities, pro-Russian activists have covered the wall with a blizzard of flyers aimed at persuading residents of Crimea to vote to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia on Sunday. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Pro-Ukraine protesters attend a rally denouncing an upcoming referendum on the future of the Crimean peninsular in Simferopol, March 14, 2014. Outside the squat Soviet-era building that houses Sevastopol's authorities, pro-Russian activists have covered the wall with a blizzard of flyers aimed at persuading residents of Crimea to vote to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia on Sunday. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A pro-Ukraine protester holds the Ukrainian national flag as she attends a rally denouncing an upcoming referendum on the future of the Crimean peninsular in Simferopol, March 14, 2014. Outside the squat Soviet-era building that houses Sevastopol's authorities, pro-Russian activists have covered the wall with a blizzard of flyers aimed at persuading residents of Crimea to vote to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia on Sunday. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Ethnic Tartar women attend a pro-Ukraine rally denouncing an upcoming referendum on the future of the Crimean peninsular in Simferopol, March 14, 2014. Outside the squat Soviet-era building that houses Sevastopol's authorities, pro-Russian activists have covered the wall with a blizzard of flyers aimed at persuading residents of Crimea to vote to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia on Sunday. The placard reads: "Crimea - Ukraine". REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Muslim Tatar men pray in the Kebir-Dzhami mosque in the old town of Simferopol in the Crimean peninsular, March 14, 2014. Earlier this month, Tatars of Ukraine's Crimea came out in their thousands, chanting Allahu Akbar in a show of loyalty to the new authorities in Kiev and opposition to separatist demands by the region's Russian ethnic majority. But now, with Moscow's military forces having unexpectedly seized control, the indigenous Muslim people of the isolated Black Sea peninsula have all but vanished from the public square, keeping their heads down to avoid being sucked into war. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)