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INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella )

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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 12: Ross Haslam of England competes in the Men's 3m Springboard Diving Final on day eight of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Optus Aquatic Centre on April 12, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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A Hindu holy man touches an infant with his foot as part of a ritual to bless her during a religious procession to mark Bhel Bhel festival dedicated to Hindu goddess Muthumariamman in Bandel town in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (Newscom TagID: rtrlnine800631.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

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TOPSHOT - Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) overhead kicks and scores during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match between Juventus and Real Madrid at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on April 3, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 30: Karamel, the squirrel who lost his front paws after he got stuck on a wild animal trap in Batman, wears its temporary prosthesis for the first time at Istanbul Aydin University Vocational School of Health Services in Istanbul, Turkey on March 30, 2018. (Photo by Emrah Yorulmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale (24) is congratulated by teammate Jessica Shepard (23) after sinking a 3-point basket to defeat Mississippi State 61-58 in the final of the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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The little new born wombat baby APARI sitting in its mothers pouch at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Thursday, March 29, 2018. Wombat mother TINSEL once was found in the pouch of its dead mother on a street in Australia and was raised by zookeepers before she came to Germany. The zoo tried for 40 years in vain to breed a wombat, until APARI was born as the first one last week. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Lachie Weller of the Suns is tackled by Kayne Turner of the Kangaroos during the round one AFL match between the Gold Coast Suns and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at Cazaly's Stadium on March 24, 2018 in Cairns, Australia. (Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - A Fenerbahce fan cheers his team before the Turkish Super Lig football match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray on March 17, 2018, at the Fenerbahce Ulker Stadium in Istanbul. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

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PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 29: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this handout photo from Chosun Daily News, a North Korean Soldier (R) looks at South Korean soldier at the border village of Panmunjom between North and South Korea on September 29, 2010 in Panmunjom, South Korea. The two Koreas plan to hold military talks in Panmunjom in an attempt to ease tensions between the countries. The mooted talks come in the wake of speculation over the succession of leader Kim Jong-il by his son Kim Jongun. (Photo by Lee Tae-Kyung/Getty Images)

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In this Thursday, April 19, 2018, photo, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba is docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was one of the three Australian Navy ships to make four-day port call in Vietnam. Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the Australian navy has a "perfect right" to traverse the South China Sea after a media report Friday that the Chinese navy had challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway. (The Anh/Vietnam News Agency via AP)

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The first rains of 2018 have fallen on Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, marking the start of the pre-monsoon season.

Within an hour, the downpour on April 19 created puddles the size of wading pools. The rains signal even harder times ahead for Rohingya families who fled brutal violence in Myanmar before coming to Bangladesh.

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INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella )

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Thieves invaded Nigeria's Senate Wednesday and made away with its mace.

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Cuban acting President Raul Castro participates in a military parade on December 2, 2006 at the Revolution Square to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Army and the 80th birthday of his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Cuba's National Assembly announces Miguel Diaz-Canel as new president

TOPSHOT - Cuban President Raul Castro (L) waves next to First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel (C) during a National Assembly session that will select Cuba's Council of State ahead of the naming of a new president, in Havana on April 18, 2018.
Cuban President Raul Castro steps down Thursday, passing the baton to a new generation in a transition that brings to a close the Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power. The 86-year-old has been in power since 2006, when he took over after illness sidelined his brother Fidel, who seized power in the 1959 revolution. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales arrive for the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace in London on April 19, 2018. - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the Head of the Commonwealth, opened the Commonwealth summit for what may be the last time on April 19, 2018, voicing hope that her son would be allowed to carry on her role. (Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YUI MOK/AFP/Getty Images)

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On Sunday (April 15) Pope Francis comforted a child who lost his father during a visit to a poor district of Rome, saying God has a "dad's heart".
During a meeting Francis answered questions from children and one of them, Emanuele, was too shy to speak at the microphone so the pontiff decided to invite him onto stage. The child started crying and hugged Francis and whispered his question into the pope's ears, saying he was afraid that his father, who was an atheist, could not go to heaven.
Francis comforted Emanuele and said that it is God who decides who goes to heaven and that, since God has a 'dad's heart', he will not abandon the boy's dad, even if he was not a believer.
The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics visited the parish of St. Paul of the Cross in Rome's Corviale neighbourhood and met with children of the poor district of the Italian capital and celebrated Mass for the parish community.

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Japan's Administrative Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda answers questions during a press conference at the finance ministry in Tokyo on April 18, 2018.
The top bureaucrat at Japan's finance ministry quit April 18 following allegations he sexually harassed female reporters, saying he wanted to clear his name. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Law students hold placards during a protest calling for justice following the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar on April 18, 2018.

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Canadian women who Instagrammed their holiday on a cruise ship before being arrested in Sydney in a massive cocaine bust.

Canadian who posted drug smuggling trip on Instagram sentenced to prison

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle during an official photocall to announce their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace on November 27, 2017 in London, England. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been a couple officially since November 2016 and are due to marry in Spring 2018. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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Joseph Manuel Hunter, center, is escorted by Thai police commandos to Police Aviation Division after being arrested, in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Thai police said they arrested the American man wanted by the U.S. for allegedly running a drug trafficking network that spanned Asia and the United States. Hunter was arrested Wednesday on the resort island of Phuket as part of a sting operation launched at the request of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Three US men face life in jail over murder-for-hire killing of Filipino woman

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla.. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Greenpeace activists build a wood and card 'oil pipeline' next to a cardboard cut out of Justin Treudeau outside the Canadian High Commission, Canada House, to protest against the Trudeau government's plans to build an oil pipeline in British Columbia on April 18, 2018 in London, England.

Protesters built a giant pipeline to greet Justin Trudeau in London

Richard Blystone in Southern Turkey, near the Iraqi border, in 1991.

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Former British PM David Cameron says he doesn't regret the Brexit referendum

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This picture taken on September 3, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 4, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attending a meeting with a committee of the Workers' Party of Korea about the test of a hydrogen bomb, at an unknown location.
North Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile on September 3 and called its sixth and most powerful nuclear test a "perfect success", sparking world condemnation and promises of tougher US sanctions. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Cuba's First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel queues at a polling station in Santa Clara, Cuba, during an election to ratify a new National Assembly, on March 11, 2018.
Cubans vote to ratify a new National Assembly on Sunday, a key step in a process leading to the election of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family. The new members of the National Assembly will be tasked with choosing a successor to 86-year-old President Raul Castro when he steps down next month.
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Cuba's likely new leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel, faces economic and diplomatic challenges

Cuba's First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel queues at a polling station in Santa Clara, Cuba, during an election to ratify a new National Assembly, on March 11, 2018.
Cubans vote to ratify a new National Assembly on Sunday, a key step in a process leading to the election of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family. The new members of the National Assembly will be tasked with choosing a successor to 86-year-old President Raul Castro when he steps down next month.
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The challenges facing Cuba's likely new leader

A photo taken on September 22, 2014, shows coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The 2,300-kilometre-long reef contributes AUS$5.4 billion (US$4.8 billion) annually to the Australian economy through tourism, fishing, and scientific research, while supporting 67,000 jobs, according to government data. According to an Australian government report in August, the outlook for the Earth's largest living structure is "poor", with climate change posing the most serious threat to the extensive coral reef ecosystem. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)

Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffers 'extreme' coral bleaching

Hundreds of supporters attend a rally for Maliwal's hunger strike and her call for stricter laws against rapists.

Indian women's commissioner on hunger strike over rape laws

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves for the House of Commons from 10 Downing Street, in central London on October 9, 2017.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell the European Union on Monday that "the ball is in their court" as her divided government resumes Brexit negotiations in Brussels. / AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

UK government loses key Brexit vote