Ash and steam spew from the Cotopaxi volcano near Ticatilin, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Authorities said that residents living nearby could be threatened by fast-moving mud and rock flows if there is a major eruption of the Cotopaxi volcano. Its last major eruption was in 1877. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A migrant man holding a boy react as they are stuck between Macedonian riot police officers and migrants during a clash near the border train station of Idomeni, northern Greece, as they wait to be allowed by the Macedonian police to cross the border from Greece to Macedonia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Macedonian special police forces have fired stun grenades to disperse thousands of migrants stuck on a no-man’s land with Greece, a day after Macedonia declared a state of emergency on its borders to deal with a massive influx of migrants heading north to Europe. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
South Korean protesters with defaced portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shout slogans during an anti-North Korean rally in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. The North leader on Friday declared his frontline troops in a “quasi-state of war” and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years. The letters at right read: “Explode the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il !” (AP Photo/Julie Yoon)
Long exposure photo shows fire spinners whirling fire as they take part in a two-day Fire Festival “Miff-2015” in outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, late Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
U.S. Army First Lt. Shaye Haver, center, and Capt. Kristen Griest, right, pose for photos with other female West Point alumni after an Army Ranger school graduation ceremony, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Fort Benning, Ga. Haver and Griest became the first female graduates of the Army’s rigorous Ranger School, putting a spotlight on the debate over women in combat. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Australia’s Kyle Yeo, left, scores past Venezuela starting pitcher Johan Garcia on a passed ball during the first inning of an International pool play baseball game at the Little League World Series, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, in South Williamsport, Pa. Venezuela won 5-2. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A Pakistani volunteer gives vaccine shot to a pilgrim at Hajj Complex in preparation to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015 in Islamabad, Pakistan. A total of 143,000 Pakistanis will be performing the pilgrimage this year. In order to facilitate the pilgrims, the government of Pakistan makes requisite arrangements, including the set-up of Special Vaccination Camps for Pilgrims in light of the travel requirements set down by the government of Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
A deer runs through an area burning in a wildfire near Twisp, Wash. Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Massive wildfires expanding across the arid state have so overtaxed firefighters that the federal government declared an emergency and state officials took the unprecedented step of seeking volunteers to help fight the flames. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Argentine dancer Gabriela Fernanda Torres, left, puts makeup on her partner Pablo Rafael Pereyra as they prepare to compete in the stage category in the World Tango Championship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Paralyzed in a car accident when she was 2 years old, Torres says she has no memories without her wheelchair. The 37-year-old began dancing as a child and is now a member of the Dance Company Without Borders, an integrated dance program. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
An Indian woman worker sweeps the red carpet laid for head of the states and leaders from Pacific Island countries at Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, India, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. The Pacific Island leaders are in Jaipur to participate in the Forum for India-Pacific Island Countries (FIPIC) Summit. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
An Indian woman watches from an army boat as she along with others is transported to safer areas from flood affected Jaraguri village, about 160 kilometres (99 miles) west of Gauhati, India, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. Incessant rainfall in catchment areas have led to rise in water level of the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries, inundating several districts of both Upper and Lower Assam, according to local news reports. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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