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INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella )

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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 12: Ross Haslam of England competes in the Men's 3m Springboard Diving Final on day eight of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Optus Aquatic Centre on April 12, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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A Hindu holy man touches an infant with his foot as part of a ritual to bless her during a religious procession to mark Bhel Bhel festival dedicated to Hindu goddess Muthumariamman in Bandel town in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (Newscom TagID: rtrlnine800631.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

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TOPSHOT - Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) overhead kicks and scores during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match between Juventus and Real Madrid at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on April 3, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 30: Karamel, the squirrel who lost his front paws after he got stuck on a wild animal trap in Batman, wears its temporary prosthesis for the first time at Istanbul Aydin University Vocational School of Health Services in Istanbul, Turkey on March 30, 2018. (Photo by Emrah Yorulmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale (24) is congratulated by teammate Jessica Shepard (23) after sinking a 3-point basket to defeat Mississippi State 61-58 in the final of the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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The little new born wombat baby APARI sitting in its mothers pouch at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Thursday, March 29, 2018. Wombat mother TINSEL once was found in the pouch of its dead mother on a street in Australia and was raised by zookeepers before she came to Germany. The zoo tried for 40 years in vain to breed a wombat, until APARI was born as the first one last week. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Lachie Weller of the Suns is tackled by Kayne Turner of the Kangaroos during the round one AFL match between the Gold Coast Suns and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at Cazaly's Stadium on March 24, 2018 in Cairns, Australia. (Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - A Fenerbahce fan cheers his team before the Turkish Super Lig football match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray on March 17, 2018, at the Fenerbahce Ulker Stadium in Istanbul. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle during an official photocall to announce their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace on November 27, 2017 in London, England. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been a couple officially since November 2016 and are due to marry in Spring 2018. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 11: South Korean soldiers stand guard at the border village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on April 11, 2018 in Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet for the first time on April 27, 2018 in the Peace House, a South Korean building inside Panmunjom. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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A picture taken on April 21, 2018, shows the shattered rear window of the Red Cross vehicle that was carrying Red Cross employee Hanna Lahoud, parked outside a hospital in the country's third-city of Taiz. - A Red Cross employee was killed in Yemen's southern city of Taez, an ICRC spokesman said, after a gunman had opened fire on an ICRC vehicle in the Zabab district in the west of the city.
The aid worker was killed by multiple gunshots to the heart, according to a hospital source who spoke on condition of anonymity. (Photo by Ahmad AL-BASHA / AFP) (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP/Getty Images)

Red Cross employee killed in an attack in Yemen

King of Swaziland Mswati III arrives to Bole International Airport ahead of the 29th African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 2, 2017.

Absolute monarch renames Swaziland 'eSwatini'

The Dom Tower in the Dutch town of Utrecht is the highest church tower in the country.

Avicii songs ring out from this Dutch town's bell tower as a tribute to the late Swedish artist

Indian film producer Kiran Rao, right, holds a placard during a protest against recent incidents of rape in the country, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, April 15, 2018. Violent crimes against women have been on the rise in India despite tough laws enacted in 2013. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India seeks death penalty for child rapists

A picture taken during a Syrian army-organised tour on April 20, 2018 shows a man walking down a street past destruction in the Eastern Ghouta town of Douma on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.

Inspectors visit site of suspected chemical attack in Syria after delays

On Sunday (April 15) Pope Francis comforted a child who lost his father during a visit to a poor district of Rome, saying God has a "dad's heart".
During a meeting Francis answered questions from children and one of them, Emanuele, was too shy to speak at the microphone so the pontiff decided to invite him onto stage. The child started crying and hugged Francis and whispered his question into the pope's ears, saying he was afraid that his father, who was an atheist, could not go to heaven.
Francis comforted Emanuele and said that it is God who decides who goes to heaven and that, since God has a 'dad's heart', he will not abandon the boy's dad, even if he was not a believer.
The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics visited the parish of St. Paul of the Cross in Rome's Corviale neighbourhood and met with children of the poor district of the Italian capital and celebrated Mass for the parish community.

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CHICHESTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 30: Queen Elizabeth II is seen at the Chichester Theatre while visiting West Sussex on November 30, 2017 in Chichester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

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President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari speaks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York City.

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The National Transportation Safety Board is onsite inspecting a Southwest airline plane after engine failure caused the plane to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport.

US, European aviation authorities order inspections after fatal Southwest engine failure

King of Swaziland Mswati III arrives to Bole International Airport ahead of the 29th African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 2, 2017.

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Iran official condemns woman's treatment by 'morality police' in video

This picture from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on March 27, 2018 and released on March 28, 2018 shows China's President Xi Jinping (R) shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was treated to a lavish welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a secretive trip to Beijing as both sides seek to repair frayed ties ahead of landmark summits with Seoul and Washington. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / - / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waves from a balcony of the Grand People's Study house following a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung, in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017.
Kim saluted as ranks of goose-stepping soldiers followed by tanks and other military hardware paraded in Pyongyang for a show of strength with tensions mounting over his nuclear ambitions. / AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)

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A picture taken on March 30, 2018 shows Palestinians marching past a tent city erected along the border with Israel east of Gaza City in the Gaza strip to commemorate Land Day.
Land Day marks the killing of six Arab Israelis during 1976 demonstrations against Israeli confiscations of Arab land. / AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

UN Middle East envoy slams killing of Palestinian teen in Gaza

Cuban acting President Raul Castro participates in a military parade on December 2, 2006 at the Revolution Square to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Army and the 80th birthday of his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro.

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Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (R) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (L) after a service of peace and reconciliation at St Columba's Church in Drumcliffe, Ireland, on May 20, 2015. Photo credit: AFP PHOTO / POOL / BRIAN LAWLESSBRIAN LAWLESS/AFP/Getty Images

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Nurses attending to the public at the Africa Unity Square in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital Friday.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales arrive for the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace in London on April 19, 2018. - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the Head of the Commonwealth, opened the Commonwealth summit for what may be the last time on April 19, 2018, voicing hope that her son would be allowed to carry on her role. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YUI MOK/AFP/Getty Images)

Britain's Prince Charles will be the next head of the Commonwealth

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Miguel Diaz-Canel named Cuba's new president

Phyllis at the grave of a 3 month old baby who recently died as a result of lead poisoning from the factory nearby.

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HAVANA, CUBA - APRIL 19: Former Cuban President Raul Castro raises the arm of newly elected Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel during the National Assembly at Convention Palace on April 19, 2018 in Havana, Cuba Diaz-Canel will be the first non-Castro Cuban president since 1976. Raul Castro steps down after 12 years in power. (AFP Adalberto Roque/Pool/Getty Images)

Miguel Diaz-Canel named Cuba's new president

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: Queen Elizabeth II greets Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Blue Drawing Room at The Queen's Dinner during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace on April 19, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Jacinda Ardern wears traditional Maori cloak to dinner with Queen Elizabeth

President: Gay rights 'of no importance' in Kenya

Police officers stay in front of the main train station in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 20, 2018. Berlin police are evacuating thousands from a central area of the German capital and shutting down the main train station in preparation for the removal of an unexploded World War II bomb found during recent construction work. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

World War II bomb successfully defused after evacuation in central Berlin

Experts prepare a WWII bomb for removal in Berlin, Friday, April 20, 2018. Berlin police are evacuating thousands from a central area of the German capital and shutting down the main train station in preparation for the removal of an unexploded World War II bomb found during recent construction work. (dpa via AP)

World War II bomb disposal forces evacuation

This picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 12, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrating the launch of the Unha-3 rocket, carrying the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3, at the general satellite control and command center in Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS

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epa06664236 (FILE) - Army officers remove the bench, where Sergi Skripal and his daughter were found, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain, 23 March 2018 (reissued 12 April 2018). Reports on 12 April 20-18 state that The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) transmitted on 11 April to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) the report of the OPCW?s mission to provide requested technical assistance in regard to the Salisbury incident on 04 March 2018. The OPCW states that the results of analysis by the OPCW designated laboratories of environmental and biomedical samples collected by the OPCW team confirm the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used in Salisbury and severely injured three people. EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER

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PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 29: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this handout photo from Chosun Daily News, a North Korean Soldier (R) looks at South Korean soldier at the border village of Panmunjom between North and South Korea on September 29, 2010 in Panmunjom, South Korea. The two Koreas plan to hold military talks in Panmunjom in an attempt to ease tensions between the countries. The mooted talks come in the wake of speculation over the succession of leader Kim Jong-il by his son Kim Jongun. (Photo by Lee Tae-Kyung/Getty Images)

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In this Thursday, April 19, 2018, photo, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba is docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was one of the three Australian Navy ships to make four-day port call in Vietnam. Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the Australian navy has a "perfect right" to traverse the South China Sea after a media report Friday that the Chinese navy had challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway. (The Anh/Vietnam News Agency via AP)

China challenged Australian warships in South China Sea, reports say

North Korea drops withdrawal of US forces as condition of denuclearization, Moon says