World in review

World in Review is a collection of five photo galleries featuring the best of this past month's coverage curated by Associated Press photo editors from each region of the world: Asia, Europe and Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States.

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Asia in Review | August 2016

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In this Aug. 29, 2016 photo, an election campaign banner for radical activist candidate Yau Wai-ching is seen defaced days before a Sep. 4 vote, in Hong Kong. A new crop of radical activists are challenging both pro-Beijing rivals and Hong Kong's mainstream pro-democracy parties for seats in the Legislative Council. A series of vandalized posters are a sign that the elections are the most contentious since the 1997 British handover of the city to China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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In this Aug. 25, 2016 photo, Horace Chin, a candidate in Hong Kong's upcoming legislative elections who's known as the "godfather of localism," is flanked by his campaign banners in Hong Kong. Hong Kongers head to the polls Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 to choose candidates for the semiautonomous city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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In this Aug. 27, 2016 photo, Hong Kong election candidate Tanya Chan of the pro-democracy Civic Party addresses passers-by on a street in Hong Kong. Hong Kongers head to the polls Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 to choose candidates for the semiautonomous city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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An ethnic Chinese man offers prayers in front of the Chinese deity "Da Shi Ye" or "Guardian God of Ghosts" during the Ghost festival in Kajang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, late Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. The 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. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

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Students wave the Malaysian flag during the 59th National Day celebrations at the Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Malaysia gained its independence on Aug. 31, 1957. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

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Japan's new Defense Minister Tomomi Inada delivers her inauguration speech to her staff on her first day at Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. Inada, a woman with revisionist views of World War II history, has been named Japan's defense minister in a Cabinet reshuffle. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe changed more than half of the 19-member Cabinet on Wednesday in a bid to support his economic, security and other policy goals. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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A waitress walks past an advertisement as she carries mugs of beer during Taedonggang Beer Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. The festival, the first of its kind in the country, was held as a promotional event for the locally brewed beer. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Waitresses carry pitchers of beer during Taedonggang Beer Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. The festival, the first of its kind in the country, was held as a promotional event for the locally brewed beer. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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A man throws her daughter in the air while they are silhouetted at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. The weather agency on Monday, Aug. 29, said the temperature dropped over the weekend after a month-long record heat. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A boy crosses a flooded street as heavy rain pours in Manila, Philippines on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. Heavy rains snarled traffic around metropolitan Manila and stranded thousands of commuters. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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An Indian woman looks at the remains of her house damaged in heavy rain in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Authorities sounded a flood alert on Sunday after incessant rains continued for over 24 hours in Jammu city, causing many rivers and water bodies to swell. India's monsoon season runs from June to September. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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Flood affected villagers collect relief material dropped by Indian Air Force helicopters on the outskirts of Allahabad, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Misery eased somewhat, with rains ebbing over the past three days in Uttar Pradesh state, where 200,000 people had moved to relief centers after their homes were submerged, said Deepak Singhal, a state official. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, photo, a dead body is transported on a boat through the flooded streets of Varanasi, near the Manikarnika Ghat, India. As the mighty Ganges River overflowed its banks this past week following heavy monsoon rains, large parts of the Hindu holy town of Varanasi were submerged by floodwaters, keeping away thousands of Hindu devotees. Varanasi is a pilgrim town that Hindus visit to take a dip in the holy Ganges. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

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Rescue workers search the flooded River Savitri after an old bridge collapsed in Mahad, western Maharashtra state, India, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Two buses plunged into the river after the old bridge collapsed, an official said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Young Nepalese Hindu priests take baths as a part of holy rituals during Janai Purnima festival at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. During this festival Hindus take holy baths and perform annual change of the Janai, a sacred cotton string worn around their chest or tied on the wrist, in the belief that it will protect and purify them. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 photo, a statue of little Barack Obama stands at SDN Menteng 01, the elementary school he once attended, in Jakarta, Indonesia. As Barack Obama's presidency nears its end, Indonesians still speak with pride of the childhood years he spent in their country, but much of the epic enthusiasm has faded along with the impossibly high expectations of what the first African American president would achieve. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

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An Indian paramilitary soldier falls down as he tries to kick back an exploded tear gas shell thrown back at them by Kashmiri Muslim protesters at the end of a day long curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Kashmir has been under a security lockdown and curfew since the killing of a popular rebel commander on July 8 sparked some of the largest protests against Indian rule in recent years. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Indian political activist Irom Sharmila licks honey from her hand to break her fast in Imphal, north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, India, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. One of India's most prominent political activists ended a 16-year hunger strike Tuesday, licking honey from her hand and declaring "I will never forget this moment." Sharmila had been force-fed through a tube in her nose and held by police since November 2000, when she began her fast to protest a draconian security law that gives immense power to security forces in the northeastern state of Manipur. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Indian school children talk next to the outline of an elephant head drawn on the ground during an event to observe World Elephant Day in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 photo, a herd of wild elephants cross a dirt road in Pana, southeastern province of Chanthaburi, Thailand. To stop wild elephants rampaging through their crops, farmers are trying a pilot scheme run by the Thai Department of National Parks that deploys bees as a new line of defense, exploiting elephants' documented fear of bee stings. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Nuan Nuan scratches herself during Liang Liang's 10th birthday celebration at the Giant Panda Conservation Center at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. The two giant pandas have been on loan to Malaysia from China for 10 years since May 21, 2014 to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures with a fist bump during his visit to the Philippine Army's Camp Mateo Capinpin at Tanay township, Rizal province east of Manila, Philippines. Since Duterte unleashed a massive anti-drug crackdown after taking office barely two months ago, nearly 2,000 suspected drug pushers and users have been killed. He has called the pope a son of a bitch, the U.S. ambassador gay, the United Nations inutile, and threatened to declare martial law if the Supreme Court meddles in his work. But, according to a survey early last month, he has the support of nearly 91 percent of Filipinos. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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A professional thread maker prepares threads with the three colors of the Indian flag for flying kites in Jammu, India, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Kites gain popularity with the arrival of India's Independence Day, celebrated on Aug.15. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center in colored turban, inspects a guard of honor before addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort to celebrate Independence Day in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. India commemorated its Independence in 1947 from British colonial rule, on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Indian paramilitary soldiers take positions near the site of a gun-battle in the Nowhatta neighborhood of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Suspected separatist rebels and government troops were engaged in two gun battles in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite a complete security lockdown in the disputed region Monday as India celebrated its independence from British rule. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

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Australian cricketer David Warner, center, fields a ball off a shot played by Sri Lanka's Kaushal Silva, right, as Peter Nevill watches during the fourth day of the third cricket test match between them in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Sri Lankan cricket fans watch Tillakaratne Dilshan, foreground, from elevated positions during the third one day international cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. The match is the final one-day international for Sri Lankan opener Dilshan. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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New Zealand's Israel Dagg, center back, tackles Australia's Will Genia during their Bledisloe Cup Rugby test match in Sydney, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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Panama's Luis Concepcion celebrates in the air after beating Japan's Kohei Kono at their WBA world super flyweight title bout in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Concepcion won the title by a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

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In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 photo, Indians get themselves photographed in front of a photo of Taj Mahal at a food and culture festival being held near the India Gate war memorial as part of Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi. India gained its independence from British colonial rule on this day in 1947. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

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A street remains deserted during curfew in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Security lockdown and protests continued with tens of thousands of Indian armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolling the tense region after the killing of a popular rebel commander on July 8 sparked some of Kashmir's largest protests against Indian rule in recent years. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

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A palm tree leaf hangs in the foreground as people walking on the Arabian sea shore are silhouetted against the evening sky in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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Japan Self Defense Forces communication members prepare an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, photo, passengers line up at check-in counter for Delta Air Lines at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo. More than 1,000 people were forced to spend the night at Tokyo's Narita airport because of the computer shutdown that halted Delta Air Lines flights worldwide. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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A Cambodian cupping practitioner prepares the glass cups for treating her costumer at a traditional medicine cupping clinic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. U.S. olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps made the world aware of cupping by showing his marked muscular shoulders before diving into the pool at the Rio games recently, but cupping, and a similar treatment known as coining, have been practiced in East Asia for centuries. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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A boy cools himself off in a public water fountain in Seoul, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. A heat wave warning was issued in South Korea as temperatures soared above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, photo, an ethnic Chinese man throws joss papers to a paper-made statue of Chinese deity known as "Da Shi Ye," or "Guardian God of Ghosts," during the Ghost festival in Kajang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 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. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

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India's P.V. Sindhu, left, who won one of India's two medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and her coach Pullela Gopichand wave to the cameras during their reception at the Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. The 21-year-old, who won the silver medal in the women's singles badminton event, is also the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)

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A mobile screen is reflected on a fan's sunglasses as she plays "Pokemon Go" in Hong Kong, Monday, July 25, 2016. Pokemon fans participated in creatures hunting on Monday as the app was released to both iPhone and Android users. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, photo, a man floats past the reflection of a public sculpture standing by a river in Beijing. Swimming in the capital's rivers is a popular pastime in summer and even in the frigid winter. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Members of the Philippine Coast Guard are reflected in a puddle of water after participating in handover ceremonies of the BRP Tubbataha at the Philippine Coast Guard headquarters in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. The Philippine Coast Guard ship is the first of ten multi-role response vessels to be built by the Japan Marine United Corporation, Yokohama shipyard as part of the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project with Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers stand in front of a window before a welcome ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Bayi Building in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

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Indonesians wave the red-and-white national flags during a parade to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the country's independence in Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Indonesia will celebrate the 71st anniversary of its independence from the Dutch colonial rule on Aug. 17. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

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Members of a right wing group give three cheers of banzai at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Japan marked the 71st anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Youths climb a greased pole to retrieve prizes hanging at the top as other watch, during an Independence Day celebration held in a river in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug.17, 2016. The country marked the 71th anniversary of its independence from Dutch colonial rule on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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An Indonesian man bears the weight of other men above him as people climb greased poles to retrieve prizes during the Independence Day festivities at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Indonesia marked the 71st anniversary of the independence from Dutch colonial rule on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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Police scuffle with protesters trying to force their way towards the gates of the Heroes Cemetery to oppose next month's burial of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the cemetery, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, in suburban Taguig city east of Manila, Philippines. Various civic and anti-Marcos groups have revived their protests after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Marcos' burial with full military honors. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Cambodian Buddhist monks hold plastic trays loaded with candles and incense sticks during the Buddhist ceremony as they search for missing Buddha statues on the Tonle Sap river at Kean Kleang village, Kampong Chhnang province, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. Some five hundred Cambodians lead by several Buddhist monks on Thursday held a rare ceremony to appease the spirits of water and land to help them recover missing Buddha statues that had disappeared from their community and are believed to be hidden under the Tonle Sap River over 500 years ago. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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In this Aug. 6, 2016, photo, workers melt aluminum waste in an aluminum recycling factory in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A large swath of land not far from the Buriganga River is dotted with makeshift tents that are home to men and women who travel far from home to work 12 hours a day recycling cans, industrial ash and medicine blister packets into raw aluminum. The work is difficult and dangerous. The workers have no safety equipment or masks to protect themselves from the fumes and aluminum dust. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

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In this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, photo, a Cambodian farmer carries a hoe as she walks back home after her day's work at a rice farm in Thnoat Kpoh village, west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian farmers start to grow rice during the rainy season, which lasts from June to October. Planting was delayed this season because of a severe drought. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Europe & Africa in Review | August 2106

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In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, photo, migrants, most of them from Eritrea, jump onto 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. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, photo, a woman from Niger reacts on the Astral vessel after being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO, during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 17 miles north of Sabratah, Libya (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, photo, a man holds himself on a boat after jumping on the sea from a crowded wooden boat during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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In this Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, photo, migrants from Niger crowd onto a dinghy fleeing Libya, before being helped by members of a Spanish NGO, during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, about 17 miles north of Sabratah, Libya. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Jockeys ride through the fog as the sun rises at the Chantilly horse track, outside Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 7 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Two women enjoy as crowds of people throw tomatoes at each other, during the annual "Tomatina", tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. At the annual fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, trucks dumped 160 tons of tomatoes for some 20,000 participants, many from abroad, to throw during the hour-long morning festivities. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

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A hooded man with a colorful outfit known as the 'Cipotegato' acknowledges the crowd after running through the streets of Tarazona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Following a tradition coming from at least the middle of the XVIII century, thousands of people gather every year at midday in Tarazona's main square waiting to throw tomatoes to the Cipotegato character, that represents a prisoner from the local jail that was given the chance to escape to freedom after crossing through a crowded village. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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In this underwater picture, a woman floats in a swimming pool during a summer day in Madrid, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 . (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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A farmer walks as others drive their tractors to block the highway leading to Calais and the Channel tunnel in Calais, northern France, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. Hundreds of truckers in big rigs, farmers in tractors and dockers and merchants on foot blocked a major highway in northern France on Monday to demand the closure of the Calais migrant camp known as the "jungle." Banner reads: 2012, me President, (referring to Francois Hollande), 2016, 10.000 migrants. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

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This Aug. 24, 2016, photo, shows an aerial view of the migrant camp in Calais, northern France. Tempers are rising among migrants squeezed in record numbers into a shrinking slum camp in France's port city of Calais, where hours-long waiting lines for food and showers and the tightening grip of security forces are leaving emotions raw. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

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Migrants from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast rest on a vessel after being rescued by a Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) team in the central Mediterranean Sea, close to the Libyan territorial waters on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, photo, migrants, most of them from Eritrea, jump onto 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. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2016, Jonathan Kangu, 3, sits on his hospital bed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, after contracting symptoms of yellow fever. He’s been sick for two weeks and while his eyes have now turned a glowing shade of yellow, doctors still can’t say for sure whether he has yellow fever. The World Health Organization said more than 400 people have already died from yellow fever, and it is launching one of the largest emergency vaccination campaigns attempted in Africa this week, hoping to vaccinate more than 14 million people in more than 8,000 locations to stem the disease’s spread.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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In this photo taken Friday, July 22, 2016, residents of theYolo Sud neighborhood of Kinshasa and teams from MSF carry out fumigation efforts in a bid to kill the mosquitos that transmit yellow fever. Nearly 500,000 residents of the Kisenso neighborhood were set to be vaccinated as part of a campaign that was officially launched Wednesday. Some 66,000 were vaccinated on Thursday alone, according to Dr. Valentin Ndaye. The area has seen more than 80 suspected cases including four deaths since the beginning of the epidemic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Zimbabwean riot police clash with protestors during a demonstration against the introduction of bond notes by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Several protestors were beaten as they took to the streets in a peaceful demonstration aimed at venting their anger and frustrations at the imminent introduction of the notes, which the country's Central Bank says will be equivalent to the United States dollar. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Refugees prepare food during the visit of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to a transit center for South Sudanese refugees in the remote northwestern district of Adjumani, near the border with South Sudan, in Uganda, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Less than two months since a new outbreak of violence in South Sudan sent a surge of about 70,000 refugees into Uganda, the U.N. and its partners are struggling to feed them. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

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Somali soldiers help a man, center, who was wounded by a blast near the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of the palace on Tuesday, with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claiming responsibility for the blast. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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A woman casts her vote at a polling station illuminated by floodlight in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. South Africans are voting in municipal elections in which the ruling African National Congress seeks to retain control of key metropolitan areas despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

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Mine workers sing on a hill as they wait for the commemoration to get under way, near Marikana in Rustenburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. On Aug.16, 2012, police shot and killed 34 Lonmin striking miners, apparently while trying to disperse them and end their strike. Ten people, including two police officers and two Lonmin security guards, were killed in the preceding week. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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Relatives mourn over a coffin of one of the earthquake victims prior to the start of the funeral service in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Rescue crews, rattled by aftershocks, dug through crumbled homes looking for quake survivors as donations began pouring into the area and Italy again anguished over its failure to protect ancient towns and modern cities from the country's highly seismic terrain. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A man sits after spending the night in a gymnasium following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. A magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Maria Dipasquantonio sits as she gets her hair done by hairdresser Andrea Dilarducci, in a tent camp in Amatrice, central Italy, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. Italian authorities are vowing to investigate whether negligence or fraud in adhering to building codes played a role in the high death toll in last week’s earthquake in Italy and urged efforts to ensure organized crime doesn’t infiltrate lucrative construction contracts to eventually rebuild much of the picturesque towns leveled in the disaster. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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A cross made with ladders and firefighter helmets is placed inside a tent during a Mass celebrated by Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole at a tent camp set up as a temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors in Arquata Del Tronto, near Amatrice, central Italy, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Rescuers make their way through destroyed houses following an earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, central Italy, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. The magnitude 6 quake struck Wednesday at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Aerial view of the church of Santa Maria della Misericordia in Accumoli in central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, where a strong quake hit early Wednesday. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors as donations began pouring into the area and Italy again anguished over its failure to protect ancient towns and modern cities from the country's highly seismic terrain. (AP Photo/Localteam)

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Firefighters retrieve a crucifix from a church in the small town of Rio, near Amatrice, central Italy, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. Bulldozers with huge claws pulled down dangerously overhanging ledges Sunday in Italy's quake-devastated town of Amatrice as investigators worked to figure out if negligence or fraud in building codes had added to the quake's high death toll. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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The body of a victim is pulled out of the rubble following an earthquake in Amatrice Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Rescuers make their way through destroyed houses following Wednesday's earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in central Italy, but the death toll rose to 247 and Italy once again anguished over trying to secure its medieval communities built on seismic lands. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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This aerial photo shows the damaged buildings in the historical part of the town of Amatrice, central Italy, after an earthquake, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Sister Mariana, from Albania, checks her mobile phone as she lies near a victim laid on a ladder following an earthquake in Amatrice Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

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A firefighter stands amid rubble as he watches the bell tower of Amatrice, central Italy, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Italian authorities are pondering how to provide warmer, less temporary housing for quake homeless living in tents in the Apennine Mountains region. Nearly 2,700 people whose homes collapsed or left unsafe by the Aug. 24 temblor now stay in 58 tent camps or other shelters arranged by the Civil Protection agency. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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A dog shakes off after swimming in the Adriatic Sea, on the beach dedicated for dogs, in Crikvenica, Croatia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Recently, a small town on Croatia's Adriatic Coast has opened the country's first dog beach where the four-legged guests and their owners can relax in the sun and have fun. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, an aerial view of Moscow is seen from the window of an airplane, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Five-year old white lion Ludwig, father of five new-born white lion cubs, in a private zoo in the village of Demydiv 50 kilometres west of Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. Most white lions live in captivity as the rare colour mutation is widely believed to make it difficult for white lions to survive in the wild. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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An activist protester wears a mask outside the French embassy during, the "wear what you want beach party" in London, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. The protest is against the French authorities clampdown on Muslim women wearing burkinis on the beach. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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A woman is reflected in a poster made for an anti-coup rally, at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Turkey will continue fighting whatever powers seek to undermine the government, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Sunday as he addressed a massive flag-waving rally in Istanbul in the wake of the country's abortive July 15 coup. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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People try shelter from heavy rain during Pope Francis's general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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A municipality worker cleans as clothes hang to dry on a street in Istanbul, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Turkey's state-run news agency says police teams are conducting operations at three Istanbul courthouses as part of an investigation into the July 15 abortive coup. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Chelsea's team manager Antonio Conte gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Watford and Chelsea at Vicarage Road stadium in London, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Britain's Lewis Hamilton celebrates after setting the fastest time in the qualifying session for Sunday's Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Team members cheer as Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany prepares to cross the finish line to win the Formula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

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People attend the museums bank fest in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday evening, Aug. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Two tourists walk between empty beach chairs at the Baltic Sea in Travemuende, northern Germany, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. Weather in Germany is rainy and too cold for the season. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Spanish bullfighter Alejandro Talavante looks while an assistant kills off a bull with his knife during a bullfight in Valladolid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. Six top Spanish bullfighters fought one bull each during a bullfight in honor of fallen bullfighter Victor Barrio who was killed while performing with a brave bull during a bullfight this past July. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas adjusts his cape before the paseillo or ritual entrance to the arena before a bullfight in Valladolid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. Six top Spanish bullfighters fought one bull each during a bullfight in honor of fallen bullfighter Victor Barrio who was killed while performing with a brave bull during a bullfight this past July. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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In this photo taken with a long exposure, stars and Perseid meteors streak across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower above a silhouette of a roadside billboard of a Spanish fighting bull in Reduena, Spain, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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A woman walks past a motorcycle during the Madrid summer fiestas that include drinking, dancing and religious processions in Madrid, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul White)

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People cool off in a fountain on a hot summer day, in Pamplona northern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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World War II veteran Lev Yatsevich, center, and Sergei Perminov, 65, left, both of whom turned up to oppose a hard-line Soviet coup in August 1991, greet each other during an event marking the 25th anniversary of the first day of the failed coup outside the Russian White House parliament building in Moscow, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. The defeat of the coup, which came several days later, setting in motion the dissolution of the Soviet Union, is widely regarded as a triumph of democracy in Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talk during their meeting, as a security member tries to stop photographers taking pictures, in the Konstantin palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. President Erdogan travels to Russia to meet with President Putin for the first time since apologizing in late June for the downing of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border in November last year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Paratroopers demonstrate their skills during celebrations of Paratroopers Day at the Red Square in Moscow, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. Russian Paratroopers' Forces celebrate the 86th anniversary of the establishment of Russia's airborne forces. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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USA in Review | August 2016

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Embers from a wildfire smolder along Lytle Creek Road near Keenbrook, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Firefighters had at least established a foothold of control of the blaze the day after it broke out for unknown reasons in the Cajon Pass near Interstate 15, the vital artery between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Five years of drought have turned the state's wildlands into a tinder box, with eight fires currently burning from Shasta County in the far north to Camp Pendleton just north of San Diego. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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A San Bernardino County Sheriff Department helicopter does a water drop on a RV and truck on fire during a wildfire in Devore, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. A wildfire with a ferocity never seen before by veteran California firefighters raced up and down canyons, instantly engulfing homes and forcing thousands of people to flee, some running for their lives just ahead of the flames. Authorities could not immediately say how many homes had been destroyed, but they warned that the number will be large. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)

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San Bernardino County Firefighter/Engineer/Paramedic Jeremy Pendergraft helps a couple evacuate out of their home as she cries off of Hess Rd. as a wildfire off of Hwy 138 quickly approaches in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016. Eric Sherwin of the San Bernardino County Fire Department says the blaze that began in the Cajon Pass continues to race in several directions. It has topped ridges in the San Bernardino Mountains and is closing in on high desert communities on the other side. (Will Lester/The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via AP)

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Dee Vazquez, from left, helps Georgette Centelo and her grandfather Lawrence Roberts after they tried to recover their belongings from a family mobile home in Central, north of Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)

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In this aerial photo, a boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundated the region, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Hammond, La. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

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Danielle Blount kisses her 3-month-old baby Ember as she feeds her while they wait to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, La., after heavy rains inundated the region, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

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David Key looks at the back yard of his flooded home in Prairieville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Key, an insurance adjuster, fled his home as the flood water was rising with his wife and three children and returned today to assess the damage. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

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Police move in on a group of protesters throwing rocks at them in Milwaukee, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday evening and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim during a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man, but there was no repeat of widespread destruction of property. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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New York Police officers struggle as they pull a man through a window as he scaled the east side of Trump Tower using suction cups, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in New York. A police spokeswoman says officers responded to Donald Trump's namesake skyscraper on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan but had no further information. The 58-story building is headquarters to the Republican presidential nominee's campaign. He also lives there. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Alayna Ertl's parents Kayla, from right, and Matt hold Alayna's older brother Carter as they leave the funeral home for the short procession to the church for Alayna's funeral, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Watkins, Minn. Authorities say Zachary Todd Anderson abducted Alayna Ertl early Saturday, Aug. 20, from her home in Watkins, about 70 miles northwest of Minneapolis. He body was found later that day. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)

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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, right, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for an appeals hearing about whether he was improperly convicted four years ago, in Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, photo, research scientist Sung-Jin Park displays a tissue-engineered robot on a piece of glass in a laboratory at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. The stingray-shaped robot, capable of paddling in water after exposure to blue light, has a gold skeleton, silicone fins and the heart muscle cells of a rat. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Former Mississippi firefighter Patrick Hardison, 42, gets teary-eye under television lights, during a press conference marking one year after his face transplant, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York. Hardison, who has light-sensitive eyes as his new face continues to thrive, was disfigured while trying to save people from a house fire in 2001 and received the face of a Brooklyn cyclist who died in an accident in July 2015-- a surgery successfully performed by a team of doctors at NYU Langone. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during a rally at the J Douglas Galyon Depot in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Patrons at Scenic Route Bakery look out the window as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, arrives in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds up a Donald Trump tie, which isn't made in America, as she speaks at Knotty Tie Company in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. The Knotty Tie Company makes and manufactures ties and scarves by hand in Denver. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Fredericksburg, Va., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Notes sit on the lectern after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke during a campaign rally at Cumberland Valley High School, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Mechanicsburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon catches a fly ball hit by Chicago White Sox's J.B. Shuck during the ninth inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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A spectator reaches over the netting with his cap to nab a foul ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Oscar Hernandez behind home plate as New York Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud (18) reaches for the ball during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in New York. Hernandez lined out on the at-bat. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Home plate umpire Mike Winters gets an earful from Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper after a called third strike during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Nationals Park, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, in Washington. Harper was ejected. The Rockies won 9-4 in 11 innings. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison cannot reach a ball hit for a double by Los Angeles Dodgers' Howie Kendrick during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Texas Rangers' Carlos Gomez is doused with a drink cooler by Elvis Andrus after a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Gomez hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat with Texas. The Rangers won 9-0. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Canada's Antonio Cusati, left, scores before Japan's catcher Akira Jozawa can get the tag on him during the first inning of an International pool play baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Mexico's Patricio Juarez slides safely home scoring from third on a wild pitch by Australia's Harrison Wheeldon during the first inning of an International elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Japan pitcher Sosuke Igawa collects himself on the mound after walking in the go-ahead run during the fifth inning of an International elimination baseball game against Curacao at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Curacao won 2-1. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Goodlettsville, Tenn.'s Brock Duffer pauses before pitching against Endwell, N.Y., during the first inning of the United States championship baseball game at the Little League World Series, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, in South Williamsport, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Endwell, N.Y., pitcher Ryan Harlost, center, celebrates with teammates after getting the final out of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game against South Korea in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Garrett Grayson (18) scores on a 2-point conversion over New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung (23) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

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Detroit Lions cornerback Alex Carter, bottom, breaks up a pass intended for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Canaan Severin (83) during the second half of an NFL exhibition football game in Pittsburgh, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Jared Wickerham)

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New York Jets cornerback Marcus Williams (20) can't stop a touchdown catch by Washington Redskins wide receiver Rashad Ross (19) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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New Orleans Saints wide receiver Willie Snead (83) makes a touchdown catch in the end zone against Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Sean Davis (28) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)

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Chicago Bears cornerback Deiondre' Hall (32) breaks up a pass intended for Denver Broncos wide receiver Jordan Taylor (87) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Green Bay Packers tight end Kennard Backman (86) goes over Cleveland Browns free safety Derrick Kindred (30) in the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Green Bay, Wis., Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

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New England Patriots' LeGarrette Blount (29) leaps over Carolina Panthers' Tre Boston (33) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)

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Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Brian Orakpo (98) celebrates his tackle of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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Lucas Glover reacts to missing a putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Jim Furyk celebrates after shooting a course and PGA-record 58 during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

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Madison Keys reacts after defeating Alison Riske in the first round of the US Open tennis tournament, early Tuesday morning, Aug. 30, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Dominika Cibulkova, of Slovakia, reacts between serves to Evgeniya Rodina, of Russia, during the second round of the US Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Lightning illuminates storm clouds over the Philadelphia skyline, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, seen from across the Delaware River in Camden N.J. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

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The Milky Way lights up the Pacific Northwest sky during the Perseid Meteor Shower, Friday morning, Aug. 12, 2016 by the wind mills located north of Dayton, Wash. (Michael Lopez/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP)

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Aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker leaves a smoke trail as he flies his Team Oracle Extra 300L airplane over Seattle, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Tucker was preparing for the upcoming annual Seafair Air Show which will take place from Aug. 5-7 over Lake Washington in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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People in a high-rise building watch a group of acrobatic airplanes perform over Lake Michigan during the Chicago Air & Water Show in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Ten-year-old Dylan Pacheco, from Jerome, Idaho, skates in a ribbon of sunlight at the bottom of a deep bowl during the Open Skate Jam at the Rhodes Skate Park grand opening in Boise, Idaho. (Kyel Green/Idaho Statesman via AP)

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Recreational boaters cruise along the Potomac River at sunset near the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

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Middle East in Review | August 2016

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Middle East in Review

An Iranian swims in Urmia Lake near Urmia, northwestern Iran, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Hopes for survival of Urmia salt lake have been revived after more rains boosted a government program aimed at preserving the almost dried up water body. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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The sun sets over the the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Israeli Arab boys jump into the Mediterranean sea from the ancient wall surrounding the old city of Acre, northern Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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A man works in front of a shop selling alcohol with prices attached to the bottles on display in downtown Cairo, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children spend the day on a segregated beach in Netanya, Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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A girl working on a wheat farm pauses for a photo in the village of Wakhan, in Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Villagers walk back from their farms in the village of Wakhan, in Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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A woman begs in front of a women's boutique with prices attached to clothing items in downtown Cairo, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Pakistani Muslim girls recite the verses of the Quran, Islam's holy book, at an Islamic seminary in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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Camel venders prepare to load camels on trucks at the camel market in Birqash, Giza, 25 km,16 miles north of Cairo, Friday, Aug.19, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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An Afghan security policeman inspects the site of a suicide truck bombing, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

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A soldier from the 1st Battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces listens to an address by his commander after a training exercise to prepare for the operation to re-take Mosul from Islamic State militants, in Baghdad, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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A worker looks for survivors amid the rubble of a food factory that was hit by Saudi-led airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Faris Qassim, 36, an Iraqi farmer climbs a tree as he collects dates in Baghdad, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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An Egyptian boy rests in water on a sidewalk to beat the heat in Cairo, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. Temperatures here rose to 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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A local resident wades through a flooded area caused by heavy monsoon rains at a neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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An Egyptian woman carries her son as she makes her way past a shop with Arabic that reads, "great sale," in downtown Cairo, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays during the mourning ritual of Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of Mohammed Abu Hashhashi, 17, during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp Fawwar, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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A Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in front of the Israeli Ofer prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis march in support of a new combined governing council that the Shiite Houthi rebels and and their ally, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, announced late last month, in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Tribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels hold their weapons during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters into battlefronts in several Yemeni cities, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Men speak through a fence surrounding an area where newcomers are interrogated at Dibaga camp for internally displaced civilians in Iraq, on Aug. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)

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A soldier from the 1st Battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces in the role of an Islamic State militant runs through green smoke during a training exercise to prepare for the operation to re-take Mosul from IS, in Baghdad, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces raise their flag in the center of the town of Manbij after driving Islamic State militants out of the area, in Aleppo province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. (ANHA via AP)

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The brother of Zarah, a pregnant 14-year-old, who died after she was set on fire in her husband's home, sits with other mourners at her funeral, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

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Egyptians walk in front of a mural related to the Jan. 25, 2011 revolution, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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An Egyptian woman holds a sign with Arabic that reads, "the demands are not only for Christians but for all Egyptians," during a protest against the latest surge of assaults on Christians in Cairo, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Palestinian families enjoy themselves at the beach of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Lebanese farmer Latifah Tarhini attaches tobacco leaves to a thread so they can be hung to dry, near her field in the southern village of Adchit, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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A villager buys bread at a bakery, in the village of Ishkashim, in Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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People release paper lanterns during the Lebanon Lantern Festival at the Ramlet al Bayda public beach in Beirut, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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A municipal worker passes by a poster of a bomb victim during the cleaning process at the site of a deadly Islamic State group-claimed mall bombing in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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Palestinian farmers take photos while inspecting damage caused by an Israeli strike near a citrus farm, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Iranian actresses Amina Hajiabadi, left, and Parivash Ghaem Maghami, center, pose for a photo with spectators of a carnival during inauguration of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iranians attend a carnival during inauguration of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iranians spend time in Urmia Lake near Urmia, northwestern Iran, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Latin America & The Caribbean in Review | August 2016

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A demonstrator in support of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff holds up two red roses in front of the National Congress where Rousseff's 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)

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Argentina's Los Pumas flanker Pablo Matera, right, is tackled by South Africa's wing Ruan Combrinck during a rugby championship match in Salta, Argentina, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Independent miners clash with the police as they run from clouds of tear gas during protests in Panduro, Bolivia, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Thousands of independent miners continued their protests with roadblocks which precipitated the clashes as the police attempted to dislodge them. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Children cheer as Brazilian judo gold medalist Rafaela Silva is given a hero's welcome as she rides a fire truck into the Cidade de Deus "City of God" slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Silva, who grew up in the violent, poverty stricken slum, won special mention from IOC president Thomas Bach, saying she's an inspiration across the world." (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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In this Aug. 12, 2016, photo, rebels of the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia walk on a makeshift footbridge in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. With the peace accords about to be signed between the FARC and the government, gone are the days when they had to change camp every few days for fear of being stunned in their sleep by bombs falling from the skies. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Andres D'Alessandro of Argentina's River Plate lifts the trophy after winning the Recopa Sudamericana final soccer match against Colombia's Independiente Santa Fe in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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A Piaroa Indian woman rests in a hammock after arriving from Amazonas State to participate in an opposition protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. As opponents of President Nicolas Maduro, these Piaoa came to Caracas after traveling more than 375 miles by foot, canoe and bus to join the protest in what is shaping up to be a major test of their strength and the government's ability to tolerate growing dissent. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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People celebrate the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Brazil's Senate on Wednesday voted to permanently remove Rousseff from office 61-20, more than the 54 votes they needed. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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In this Aug. 15, 2016, photo, rebels of the 32nd Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, sit in a boat as they patrol the Mecaya River in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. As the country’s half-century conflict winds down, with the signing of a peace deal perhaps just days away, thousands of FARC rebels are emerging from their hideouts and preparing for a life without arms. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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A passenger is helped off a boat after she was rescued from the cruise ship Caribbean Fantasy, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. More than 500 passengers and crew were being evacuated on Wednesday from the burning ship about a mile off Puerto Rico's north coast. The mostly Dominican passengers included dozens of school-age athletes headed to competitions in Puerto Rico, including a 22-member cycling team, a girls' volleyball team and a boys' baseball team. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

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A dog, wearing a camouflage motif pet shirt, stands in front of a cordon of policeman lined up outside a court where military officers and soldiers are on trial for the massacre of 71 people killed in 1985 in the Andean city of Accomarca, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. On Thursday, the court sentenced 10 members of the Peruvian Army to various prison terms for the killing of the 71, one of the cruelest by soldiers on the rural population of Peru during the country’s war that took place between 1980-2000. Counted among the dead were more than two dozen children. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Brazil's ousted President Dilma Rousseff is embraced by the senator Jorge Viana, after she addressed supporters from the official residence of the president, Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. In her first remarks after being ousted as Brazil's president, Rousseff is vowing to form a strong opposition front against the new government, saying, "They think that they beat us, but they are wrong." (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Inmates wearing traditional Andean clothing wait to perform at an event marking Folklore Day, inside the Sarita Colonia Prison in Callao, Peru, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Prison authorities say the event is part of a program that aims to help inmates adjust to life outside prison, after their release. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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An activist with her hand painted black to symbolize the contamination of oil, takes part in a protest performance demanding measures to prevent oil spills, outside the national oil company in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. The state oil company Petroperu confirmed Monday that there was another oil spill, the fifth so far this year, in the old and extensive pipeline that transports the oil from the Amazon to the Pacific coast. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Couples prepare backstage before competing at the World Tango Championship dance-floor final round in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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A federal agent removes mud from a house damaged by a mudslide in Xaltepec, Mexico, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Mountain communities in two Mexican states are recovering from weekend mudslides that killed dozens during heavy rains brought by remnants of Hurricane Earl. (AP Photo/Pablo Spencer)

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Statues depicting the Virgin of Urkupina stand out during a religious procession honoring the virgin, in Quillacollo, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Thousands of people took part in the Catholic procession, part of the largest religious festival in the country. Priests and politicians of the ruling and opposition, including Vice President Alvaro Garcia, led the procession of faithful attending from various regions of the country. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff speaks at her own impeachment trial, 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. "I know I will be judged, but my conscience is clear. I did not commit a crime," she told senators. Rousseff's address comes on the fourth day of the trial. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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People celebrate in a park as they listen to the announcement from Havana, that delegates of Colombia's government and leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reached a peace accord to end their half-century civil war, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The government's accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia must still be ratified by voters in a plebiscite in order to take effect. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Tango couple Cristian Palomo and Melisa Sacchi, from Argentina, right, react after winning the World Tango Championship dance-floor final round in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Wrapped in a Brazilian flag, Giovana Silva, 4, center, cousin of the Brazilian Judo gold medalist Rafaela Silva, is hugged by a friend as they stand next to her aunt Cristiane as she holds a poster of Rafaela Silva, at Cidade de Deus slum in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. Cidade de Deus is the former home of Silva who grew up there. If not for the sport that helped her climb up and out, “I could still be living in City of God now,” she said through tears after winning on Monday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Tango couple Daniel Arroyo and Juan Pablo Ramirez compete at the World Tango Championship dance-floor final round in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Chivas' Jesus Sanchez, right, does a bicycle kick as America's Osvaldo Martinez looks on during a Mexican soccer league match in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Chivas won the match 3-0. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, photo, a Donald Trump pinata stands with other paper mache figures at a shop, in San Antonio. Many House Republican incumbents worry that blowback from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's anti-Hispanic rhetoric and promises to build a towering wall the length of the U.S.-Mexico border could hurt their re-election chances, a problem especially acute for those in heavily Latino districts like that of Rep. Will Hurd, whose territory encompasses 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump walks with Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto at the end of their joint statement at Los Pinos, the presidential official residence, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Trump is calling his surprise visit to Mexico City Wednesday a 'great honor.' The Republican presidential nominee said after meeting with Peña Nieto that the pair had a substantive, direct and constructive exchange of ideas.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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A mounted police officer dressed as a conquistador rides his horse before the start of a parade near the ruins of old colonial Panama City, referred to as Panama La Vieja, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Panama La Vieja, founded on Aug. 15, 1519 by Spanish conqueror Pedro Arias de Avila, is celebrating its 497th anniversary. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Brazilian Sen. Fatima Bezerra, of the Workers Party, accuses opposition senators of a coup while holding a poster with a message that reads in Portuguese; "I'm not going to put my name on this infamy," after the final vote in the impeachment trial of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff, in Senate chambers, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. The opposition needed 54 of the 81 senators to vote in favor for her to be removed. They got many more, winning in a landslide of sorts, 61-20. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Relatives and dissident teachers hold portraits of the 43 missing students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college during a protest in front of the Mexican Attorney General's office, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. One month before the two-year anniversary of the 43 students' disappearance in Iguala, in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero, relatives continue to demand justice for the missing students. (AP Photo/Marcos Ugarte)

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In this July 23, 2016 photo, Francisca Santiago, 65, embraces the Rev. Domingo Garcia Martinez after he wed her and lifelong partner Pablo Ibarra, 75, in Santa Ana, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Santiago pulled in the priest for a big hug while a nose-wrinkling smile lit up her face. 'It was beautiful, everything I hoped for,' Santiago said. 'Now we are together with the blessing of God.' (AP Photo/Nick Wagner)

Latin America and the Caribbean in Review

A demonstrator protesting Donald Trump's meeting with the Mexican president holds up a book jacket with the title: "Stop Trump!" during a morning protest at the Angel of Independence Monument that drew just a handful of people, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Donald Trump is making a quick trip to Mexico on Wednesday, meeting with the president of a nation he derided at the start of his White House campaign as a source of rapists and criminals coming to the U.S. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Cuba's former President Fidel Castro, center right, attends a gala for his 90th birthday accompanied by his brother and current President Raul, center left, and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate via AP)

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Workers help Cuban cigar roller Jose "Cueto" Castelar, not pictured, hand roll a 90-meter cigar, in Havana, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. The Cuban cigar roller beat his own record on Friday for the world's longest hand rolled cigar, creating a 90-meter specimen in honor of former leader Fidel Castro's 90th birthday, celebrated Saturday. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

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A demonstrator argues with a police officer during a march against acting President Michel Temer and in support of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Fighting to save her job, Rousseff appeared before congress for her impeachment trial, to defend herself as her accusers say she hurt the economy with budget manipulations. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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In this Aug. 11, 2016, photo, a rebel soldier of the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, uses a head lamp for some late-night reading at a FARC encampment in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. The soldier is reading a compilation of the late guerrilla leader Manuel Marulanda Velez's diary and correspondence. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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