Former President Jimmy Carter walks to a news conference followed by his wife, Rosalynn Carter, center, at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Carter announced that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment, saying he is “at ease with whatever comes.” (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
Jackson Hotshots’ firefighters, from Jackson, Miss., stand with hands and helmets over their hearts as they watch a motorcade carrying the bodies of firefighters killed a day earlier while fighting a wildfire drive past Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Twisp, Wash. Authorities say three firefighters died after their vehicle crashed and was apparently caught by a “hellstorm” of flames as they battled a blaze in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
A confused wild male elephant, who got separated from his herd, chases people on a road as it crosses a highway on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. The herd of wild elephants was coming down from a nearby hill of India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya on the outskirts of Gauhati, the capital of Assam state. As the pressure of population pushes human habitation closer to forests incidents of wild animals straying into cities is increasingly reported. No incident involving the wild elephant was reported. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Colombian dancers Liliana Macchiabello and Alejandro Triunveri compete in the first round of the stage category at the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Hundreds of couples from around the world are competing in the championship’s two categories: salon, and stage. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A Syrian migrant looks at his mobile phone in the Kara Tepe refugee camp near the town of Mytilene on the southeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Greece this year has been overwhelmed by record numbers of migrants arriving on its eastern Aegean islands, with more than 160,000 landing so far. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, center, is sworn in for a third term at a ceremony in the parliament in Bujumbura, Burundi Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Without any fanfare or even a public announcement beforehand, Nkurunziza was sworn in for a third term on Thursday in this central African country which has been plagued by political violence that has left more than 100 people dead and tens of thousands of refugees. (AP Photo/Gildas Ngingo)
A Syrian migrant boy still wearing a swimming ring stands on the beach upon his arrival with other migrants by a dinghy at the southeastern Greek island of Kos, Greece, early Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Greece this year has been overwhelmed by record numbers of migrants arriving on its eastern Aegean islands, with more than 160,000 landing so far.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Samantha Rudin Earls and her daughter Elle, 3, take an inaugural ride on the SeaGlass Carousel at the Battery, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in New York. The ride will be open to the public seven days a week from 10 am to 10 pm. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
With a sticker of Brazil’s President DIlma Rousseff on the center drum that reads in Portuguese “Brave Heart,” demonstrators play drums during a march in support of president Rousseff in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Demonstrators marched in several cities across the nation to show support for Rousseff, after the recent Petrobras corruption scandal in which Brazil’s Attorney General’s has filed charges against Chamber of Deputies speaker Eduardo Cunha and Sen. Fernando Collor. Rousseff, who’s pole numbers are at an all time low, has not been accused of any wrongdoing, although she served as chairwoman of the Petrobras board during several years as the scheme played out. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Attorney Gloria Allred, left, comforts Charlotte Fox, as she reads a statement during a news conference Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in New York. Fox alleges that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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