Convicted land activist Ouk Pich Samnang is brought to a van by police to leave the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. The activists were sentenced from 7 to 20 years in prison for leading a violent protest in 2014. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
An aerial photo shows flooding in low lying areas of Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Heavy rains in many parts of northern India with two major rivers, the Ganges and the Yamuna flowing over their danger marks, have resulted in flooding and submerging of many low lying areas. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
An Indian student who got her face painted with blue color looks at camera ahead of Janmashtami celebrations at a college in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Janmashtami, is an annual celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Members of the British Olympic team are welcomed at Heathrow Airport after their arrival from Rio de Janeiro, in London, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Zion Harvey, front right, who received a double hand transplant in July 2015, raises his right arm while sitting next to his mother Pattie Ray, left, during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Zion Harvey talked about his progress since receiving a double hand transplant in July 2015, becoming the youngest hand transplant patient in the U.S., and now the boy from the Baltimore suburb of Owings Mills, Md., can throw a ball, zip his clothes and write in his journal. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
Miami-Dade mosquito control inspector Yasser “Jazz” Compagines sprays a chemical mist into a storm drain, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in Miami Beach, Fla. Gov. Rick Scott has announced that the Florida Department of Health is allocating another $5 million in funding to Miami-Dade County for Zika preparedness and mosquito control. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Marquez Tolbert cries Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 as he listens in Atlanta to testimony in the trial of Martin Blackwell who is accused of pouring boiling water on him and a friend Anthony Gooden, right, as they slept. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A man sunbathes along the River Seine, in Paris, Tuesday Aug. 23, 2016, where temperatures rose up to 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu)
Fans of Legia Warsaw celebrates with his team mates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League qualification play-off second leg soccer match between Legia Warszawa and Dundalk FC in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Liang Liang, left, formerly known as Feng Yi, a female giant panda from China, plays with her one year old female cub Nuan Nuan, at the Giant Panda Conservation Center during her 10th birthday celebration at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Two giant pandas have been on loan to Malaysia from China for 10 years since May 21, 2014 to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
A couple kisses on the seawall in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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