Bemused shoppers snapped selfies and sipped matcha lattes in front of a replica of Mount Rushmore at a Thai mall where, instead of dead US presidents, the faces of four current world leaders have been carved out as a commercial stunt.
The stony likenesses of Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump looked down over stalls of camping equipment and a climbing wall as part of a pop-up display in one of the Thai capital's biggest malls.
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