People sunbathe at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. The Summer Games start Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
An Indian laborer sorts Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders used for cooking at a warehouse after downloading them from a truck in Allahabad, India, Monday, Aug.1, 2016. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Fire burns a tree at the village of Limni on the island of Evia, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Athens, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Nearly 200 firemen, assisted by water-dropping aircraft, fire engines and volunteers, are fighting a large forest fire that has raged through the Greek island of Evia for the past three days. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
An Indian artist performs a fire act during a procession marking “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Aug.1, 2016. Bonalu is a month long Hindu folk festival of India’s Telangana region dedicated to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
The humanoid robot “Alter” is displayed at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Alter, jointly developed by two laboratories studying artificial life, led by Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro at Osaka University and Prof. Takashi Ikegami at the University of Tokyo, shows human-like movements of arms, fingers, the upper torso and its head as well as facial expressions, to make visitors feel the android looks more human than an actual human. The exhibition runs until Aug. 6. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Afghan police guard on a road leading to the site of an explosion, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. A strong explosion took place early Monday near a guesthouse for foreigners in Kabul, an Afghan police official said. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
A pigeon flies away from a bridge in front of the towers of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An Indian paramilitary soldier walks past anti-India graffiti during curfew in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Curfew was still in effect in parts of Indian-held Kashmir on Monday, with shops closed across the region in response to a separatist call for a shutdown amidst outrage over the killing of a top rebel leader by Indian troops in July, 2016. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Members of the Vietnamese Olympic delegation pose for a selfie in front of a backdrop in athletes village in advance of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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