A Nepalese soldier stands between two U.S. Ospreys which are used to assist the deployment of Nepalese soldiers in the quake affected mountainous areas in Manthali, Nepal, Thursday, May 7, 2015. The April 25 earthquake killed thousands and injured many more as it flattened mountain villages and destroyed buildings and archaeological sites in Kathmandu. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A person looks at a mural at the Genghis Khan: Bring the Legend to Life exhibit during a press preview, Thursday, May 7, 2015, at the The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The exhibition uses 13th-century weapons, jewels and religious relics to tell the story of the renowned Mongolian conqueror and is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Syrian refugee Shirin Salloum, 11, weeps as she suffers burns from fire caused by electricity short circuit in her building in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday, May 7, 2015. The building is in a compound housing more than 500 Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, back, visits the Battle of Stalingrad memorial in Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad, about 900 km (550 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2015. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier took part in ceremonies in Volgograd, formally Stalingrad, where the Soviets won a decisive victory over the Nazis in a turning point of the war. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool)
Sin Ji Ye, 9, left, An Rye Jong, 10, center, and Kim Ye Yon, 8, right, who all want to grow up to become professional singers, attend a singing class which they have been taking for two, four and one year respectively, Thursday, May 7, 2015 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Pyongyang School Children’s Palace, which opened in 1963 is a place where talented school children go to learn extra curricular activities, and is also one of the places that tourists visit while in Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Chelsea Pensioners smile as they see the media after voting at a polling station in London, Thursday, May 7, 2015. Voting opened in Britain’s national General Election Thursday, with opinion polls widely predicting an inconclusive outcome. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
President Barack Obama is seen on a camera monitor as he speaks on stage at a Democratic fundraiser at Sentinel Hotel, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Portland, Ore. On Friday, the president will visit Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
The Gyalwang Drukpa, bottom center, the Buddhist leader of South Asia, prays in front of a mural depicting Freddie Gray alongside the Rev. Jamal Bryant during a walking tour with other faith and community leaders, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Baltimore. The group visited the site of Gray’s arrest and a store that was damaged by fire during last month’s unrest. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
David Ferrer from Spain serves the ball during his Madrid Open tennis tournament match against Fernando Verdasco from Spain in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
River Plate fans light a flare in the stands before the start of a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina’s Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
A woman walks past a shop displaying a bridal dress in the Baixa neighbourhood in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday, May 7, 2015. The city centre is one of the fine areas of the Portuguese capital full of restaurants, shops, bank branches and hotels. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Jean Claude Niyonzima, a suspected member of the ruling party’s Imbonerakure youth militia, pleads with soldiers to protect him from a mob of demonstrators after he emerged from hiding in a sewer in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday, May 7, 2015. Niyonzima fled from his house into a sewer under a hail of stones thrown by a mob protesting against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term in office. At least one protestor has died in clashes with the widely feared Imbonerakure militias and police, sending scores to the streets seeking revenge. Jean Claude Niyonzima managed to flee from his house under a hail of stones into a covered sewer, where he remained till the army fired shots into the air to disperse the crowd.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A man looks at the Statue of Liberty from a ferry boat, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Jersey City, N.J. On Ellis Island, the major exhibitions at the new Peopling of America Center, chronicling immigration to America before the processing station at Ellis Island opened in 1892 and after it closed in 1954, will open at Ellis Island to the public on May 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Russian army soldiers, dressed in WWII era uniforms, march along the Red Square during a general rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow’s Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 70 years after the victory in WWII, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
The engine on American Airlines’ first Boeing 787 Dreamliner starts before departing for O’Hare International Airport, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Chicago. American joins United as the only U.S. airlines using the plane, which the airline hopes will appeal to passengers and open new, profitable international routes. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A farmer leads a cow on the way to her farm, engulfed in the early day’s fog, in a village in the Nile Delta town of Behira, 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 7, 2015. Despite the fertility of the river Nile, Egyptian farmers are struggling to maintain crop productivity due to outdated irrigation and harvest methods, as well as the government’s lifting of energy and agricultural subsidies. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
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