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Red Sea and its surroundings

Coral reef in the Red Sea

Red Sea: El Gouna, Egypt

Global shipping through the Suez Canal

Scuba divers in the Red Sea.

Explore the cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv–Yafo and the natural sites of the Dead Sea and the Red Canyon

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