Nat CastañedaAugust 29, 2016Comment

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Nat CastañedaAugust 29, 2016Comment

Libya's Migrants

Migrants, most of them from Eritrea, jump into the water from a crowded wooden boat as they are helped by members of an NGO during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Thousands of migrants and refugees were rescued Monday morning from more than 20 boats by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO before transferring them to the Italian cost guards and others NGO vessels operating at the zone. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Libya's Migrants

Migrants from Eritrea hold their children after been rescued from a crowded wooden boat as they were fleeing Libya, during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Thousands of migrants and refugees were rescued Monday morning from more than 20 boats by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO before transferring them to the Italian cost guards and others NGO vessels operating in the zone.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Libya's Migrants

Belongings left behind by migrants are seen in the floor of a wooden boat where more than seven hundred migrants were fleeing Libya, during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Thousands of migrants and refugees were rescued Monday morning from more than 20 boats by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO before transferring them to the Italian cost guards and others NGO vessels operating in the zone.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Libya's Migrants

A man holds himself on the side of a boat after jumping into the sea from a crowded wooden boat during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Thousands of migrants and refugees were rescued Monday morning from more than 20 boats by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO before transferring them to the Italian cost guards and others NGO vessels operating at the zone.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

India Kashmir Protests

Indian government forces arrive at the site of a protest after curfew was lifted in some parts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Authorities on Monday lifted a curfew imposed in most parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir as part of a 52-day security lockdown, although most shops and businesses remained closed due to an ongoing strike called to protest Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Spain's Politics

Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez talks to journalists during a news conference following his meeting with Spain's acting Prime Minister and Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Rajoy met with Sanchez in a last-ditch effort to convince him not to scupper the premier's bid to form a government this week and end the country's eight-month political impasse following two inconclusive elections. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Brazil's Political Crisis

Shadows of supporters of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff, are cast on asphalt littered with rose petals, in front of the National Congress where her impeachment trial is taking place, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Fighting to save her job, Rousseff told senators on Monday that the allegations against her have no merit. Rousseff's address comes on the fourth day of the trial. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Polio in Pakistan

A Pakistani health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child under security in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Polio remains endemic in Pakistan after the Taliban banned vaccinations, instigated attacks targeting medical staffers and spread suspicions about the inoculations. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Philadelphia's Church Fire

A firefighter passes beneath tape as he and others battle a blaze at a Presbyterian church in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Mexico's Juan Gabriel

A couple stands before a statue depicting superstar Mexican songwriter and singer Juan Gabriel where mourners have been placing flowers and candles since learning of his death, in Mexico City's Garibaldi plaza, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Gabriel, who was an icon in the Latin music world, died Sunday at his home in California at age 66, his publicist said. He was born Alberto Aguilera Valadez and wrote his first song at age 13. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Migrants

The wet personal belonging of a migrant man are spread out to dry in the sun after he was rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Some thousands of migrants and refugees were rescued Monday morning from more than 20 boats by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO before transferring them to the Italian cost guards and others NGO vessels operating at the zone. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

US Open Tennis

Viktorija Golubic, of Switzerland, returns a shot to Catherine Bellis, of the United States, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Romania's WWI Commemoration

Romanian servicemen hold torches during events marking 100 years since Romania engaged in WWI in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Nigeria's Starving Children

A malnourished child has his temperature taken at a feeding centre run by Doctors Without Borders in Maiduguri Nigeria, Monday Aug. 29, 2016. Children who escaped Boko Haram's Islamic insurgency now are dying of starvation in refugee camps in northeastern Nigeria's largest city as the government investigates the theft of food aid by officials. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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Nat Castañeda

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