A Sri Lankan Buddhist devotee prays offering Lotus flowers at a temple on full moon day in Kelaniya, out skirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Buddhists constitute the majority of this South Asian Island nationís population and take part in religious observances on full moon days as a custom. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Elena de Chavez stands at the tomb of her son, Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez, as she, family members and government officials gather on second anniversary of Chavez’s death inside the 4F military museum in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Chavez died of cancer at age 58 on March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A man walks past a a house bearing burn marks in the Lake Chad shore village of N’Gouboua Thursday March 5, 2015. Boko Haram militants arrived in Nígouboua before dawn on Feb. 13, marking the first attack of its kind on Chad. By the time the scorched-earth attack ended, they had burned scores of mud-brick houses by torching them with gasoline and had killed at least eight civilians and two security officers. Some 3,400 Nigerian refugees had been living in te village at the time of the attack, and all have since been relocated further inland. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A homeless Egyptian child sleeps under a bridge in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 5, 2015. One of Egypt’s most daunting problems is homelessness _an ongoing issue that has left thousands of Egyptians sleeping on sidewalks before and after the political and social turmoil. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Visitors walk on a sand dune at dusk, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in White Sands National Monument, N.M. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Surfers wear costumes during the Purim festival surfing competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 5, 2015. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther which is read in synagogues. Other customs include sending food parcels and giving charity, dressing up in masks and costumes, eating a festive meal and public celebration. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Officials work on the scene of a vintage airplane that crash-landed on the Penmar Golf Course in the Venice area of Los Angeles, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Harrison Ford crash-landed the airplane shortly after taking off from a nearby airport and reporting engine problems. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi , left, speaks as Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens, during their news conference after their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Italy’s prime minister visited Moscow on Thursday in a bid to repair ties that have been hurt by Russia-West tensions over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)
The statue of Abraham Lincoln is visible at the Lincoln Memorial through falling snow on the National Mall on Thursday, March 5, 2015 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Horses eat during a press visit set up by a circus workers union to show animals from local circuses that have recently gone out of business in Tizayuca, Hildalgo, Thursday, March 5, 2015. A December law banning circus animals has yet to go into effect, but circus representatives say the campaign against animal acts has kept spectators away and driven dozens of circuses out of business. The future of the animals is still undetermined. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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