An activist with her hand painted black to symbolize the contamination of oil, takes part in a protest performance demanding measures to prevent oil spills, outside the national oil company in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. The state oil company Petroperu confirmed Monday that there was another oil spill, the fifth so far this year, in the old and extensive pipeline that transports the oil from the Amazon to the Pacific coast. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Inmates wearing traditional Andean clothing wait to perform at an event marking Folklore Day, inside the Sarita Colonia Prison in Callao, Peru, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Prison authorities say the event is part of a program that aims to help inmates adjust to life outside prison, after their release. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Kimmel are seen on a page screen just outside the studio during taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Children cheer as Brazilian judo gold medalist Rafaela Silva is given a hero’s welcome as she rides a fire truck into the Cidade de Deus “City of God” slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A Kashmiri protester throws a tear smoke shell on government forces as he reacts to the Sunday’s killing of a young man in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. A security lockdown and protest strikes continued for the 45th straight day Monday, with tens of thousands of Indian armed police and paramilitary soldiers in full riot gear patrolling the tense region. The killing of a popular rebel commander on July 8 sparked some of Kashmir’s largest protests against Indian rule in recent years. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Uniformed soldiers of the King of Norway’s Guard parade for inspection by their mascot, king penguin Nils Olav, at Edinburgh Zoo, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. It was announced that the penguin who had previously been knighted has been promoted and given the new title of “Brigadier Sir Nils Olav”. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
A worker uses his smartphone in a construction site in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. A local market research released last Friday said sales of smartphones in China during the second quarter surged 24 percent from last year on higher demand from the rural areas. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A protester scuffles with police officers outside the venue of a dinner party held by Taipei Mayor Ke Wen-je for Sha Hailin, head of the United Front Work Department of Chinese Communist Party’s Shanghai Municipal Committee, on the eve of Taipei-Shanghai forum in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. The Chinese envoy arrived in Taiwan on Monday for a city-to-city dialogue, amid a chill in relations between the sides following the inauguration of the island’s independence-leaning president, Tsai ing-wen, in June. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)
A worker catches a ball after performing a bounce test at the newly opened Pyongyang Sports Equipment Factory in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Despite claiming only two gold medals in Rio, North Korea is as determined as ever to fulfill one of leader Kim Jong Un’s primary goals: to become an international sports superpower. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Will Power, of Australia, (12) celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Pocono IndyCar 500 auto race Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, in Long Pond, Pa. Mikhail Aleshin, of Russia, (7) was second. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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