• An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, 2017.
    An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, 2017.
  • A lightning bolt strikes across the sky as a thunderstorm passes over the village of Bardovci near Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia. Saso Licovski / EPA
    A lightning bolt strikes across the sky as a thunderstorm passes over the village of Bardovci near Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia. Saso Licovski / EPA
  • The Proton-M / Briz-M carrier rocket lifts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Maxim Shipenkov / EPA
    The Proton-M / Briz-M carrier rocket lifts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Maxim Shipenkov / EPA
  • Mourners grieve at a funeral service for 90-year-old Hermilo Martinez, who died from shock following Thursday's magnitude 8.1 earthquake in Mexico. Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo
    Mourners grieve at a funeral service for 90-year-old Hermilo Martinez, who died from shock following Thursday's magnitude 8.1 earthquake in Mexico. Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo
  • A woman sits in a zone heavily affected by Thursday's magnitude 8.1 earthquake, in Juchitan in Mexico. Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
    A woman sits in a zone heavily affected by Thursday's magnitude 8.1 earthquake, in Juchitan in Mexico. Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
  • Passengers are seen inside a tram in Kiev, Ukraine. Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters
    Passengers are seen inside a tram in Kiev, Ukraine. Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters
  • Los Angeles Chargers' Melvin Gordon dives over Denver Broncos player Justin Simmons for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game in Denver. Jack Dempsey / AP Photo
    Los Angeles Chargers' Melvin Gordon dives over Denver Broncos player Justin Simmons for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game in Denver. Jack Dempsey / AP Photo
  • Boats piled up and wrecked by Hurricane Irma are seen from a plane in a harbour in Sint Maarten, a small island nation in the Caribbean and a constituent country of the Netherlands Alvin Baez / Reuters
    Boats piled up and wrecked by Hurricane Irma are seen from a plane in a harbour in Sint Maarten, a small island nation in the Caribbean and a constituent country of the Netherlands Alvin Baez / Reuters
  • Colorado Rockies' Gerardo Parra, Charlie Blackmon and Carlos Gonzalez celebrate after the final out of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin / AP Photo
    Colorado Rockies' Gerardo Parra, Charlie Blackmon and Carlos Gonzalez celebrate after the final out of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin / AP Photo
  • Residents wade through flood water following overnight rains brought on by Tropical Depression "Talim" inundated low-lying areas in Bacoor township, south of Manila in the Philippines. Bullit Marquez / AP Photo
    Residents wade through flood water following overnight rains brought on by Tropical Depression "Talim" inundated low-lying areas in Bacoor township, south of Manila in the Philippines. Bullit Marquez / AP Photo
  • A wingsuit flyer hits the target during Wingsuit Flying World Championship in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province in China. Picture by China Daily via Reuters
    A wingsuit flyer hits the target during Wingsuit Flying World Championship in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province in China. Picture by China Daily via Reuters
  • Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive from Myanmar after crossing the Naf river in the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf. Munir Uz Zaman / AFP Photo
    Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive from Myanmar after crossing the Naf river in the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf. Munir Uz Zaman / AFP Photo

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