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Amal Clooney, left, legal counsel to Mohamed Nasheed, sits with his wife Laila Ali, during a press conference, in London, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Human rights lawyer Clooney says the imprisonment of former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed symbolizes a turn toward autocracy and extremism by a Muslim nation with the worldâs highest per-capita level of recruitment to the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(02 of27)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: A Visitor relaxes with a back massage on the second day of the Conservative party conference on October 5, 2015 in Manchester, England. The second day of the 2015 autumn conference is being dominated by the economy and the appointment of Labour peer Lord Adonis as head of the National Infrastructure Division (NIC) which will will advise the Government on road, rail, housing and energy projects. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
(03 of27)
Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid attend the French Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain FC (PSG) and Olympique de Marseille at Parc des Princes stadium on October 4, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) (credit:Jean Catuffe via Getty Images)
(04 of27)
A photo taken on October 5, 2015 shows the main entrance of the Marineland zoo in Antibes, southern France, after floods tore through the French Riviera leaving 17 dead. Mediterranean resort towns beloved by jet-setting tourists such as Cannes, Nice and Antibes were devastated by a torrential weekend downpour that trapped residents in cars, parking garages and retirement homes. Rivers of water gushed through some of the world's wealthiest streets, scattering cars hundreds of metres from where they were parked and destroying businesses in what were described as 'apocalyptic' scenes. AFP PHOTO / JEAN CHRISTOPHE MAGNENET (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAGNENET/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAGNENET via Getty Images)
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A general view shows the part of the skyline of Dubai covered in an early morning fog on October 5, 2015. AFP PHOTO / RENE SLAMA (Photo credit should read RENE SLAMA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RENE SLAMA via Getty Images)
(06 of27)
A butterfly flies in front of Chancellor George Osborne as he addresses the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(07 of27)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: In this handout photograph provided by World Rugby, Diego Maradona juggles a rugby ball watched by Agustin Creevy (L) as he visits the Argentina dressing room after the 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Argentina and Tonga at Leicester City Stadium on October 4, 2015 in Leicester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Handout/Richard Heathcote - World Rugby via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: British Chancellor George Osborne (centre) arrives on day two ahead of his keynote speech on October 5, 2015 in Manchester, England. Conservative Party members are gathering for the second day of conference as a party in a majority government since 1996. The second day of the 2015 autumn conference is set to be dominated by the economy and the appointment of Labour peer Lord Adonis as head of the National Infrastructure Division (NIC) which will will advise the Government on road, rail, housing and energy projects. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
(09 of27)
British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) waits to hear Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne address delegates on the second day of the annual Conservative party conference in Manchester, north west England, on October 5, 2015. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images)
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Matthew McConaughey filming Stephen Gagham's 'Gold' on October 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Sands/GC Images (credit:Steve Sands via Getty Images)
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Participants dressed as zombies join in with the 'Torino Zombie Walk' which was attended by hundreds of people in the streets of Turin. (Photo by Elena Aquila/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
(12 of27)
A general view of the sunrise from Ebb's Nook, Beadnell, Northumberland, as the UK could be hit by the remnants of Hurricane Joaquin at the weekend as wet and windy weather returns and temperatures plunge. (credit:Neil Squires/PA Wire)
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Contestant of the World Beard And Mustache Championships pose for a picture during the Championships 2015 on October 3, 2015 in Leogang, Austria. Over 300 contestants in teams from across the globe have come to compete in sixteen different categories in three groups: mustache, partial beard and full beard. The event takes place every few years at different locations worldwide. (Photo by Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images) (credit:Jan Hetfleisch via Getty Images)
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MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Sprinter and Olympic champion Usain Bolt during the Oktoberfest 2015 at Theresienwiese on Oktober 03, 2015 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images) (credit:Gisela Schober via Getty Images)
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Singer Charlotte Church takes part in an anti-austerity protest during the first day of the Conservative Party Autumn Conference 2015 on October 4, 2015 in Manchester, England. Up to 80,000 people are expected to attend a demonstration today organised by the TUC and anti-austerity protesters. Conservative Party members are in Manchester for its first conference as a party in a majority government since 1996. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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A hot hair ballon lands on a service road as many others fly during the opening day of the 44th International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. The nine-day event attracts hundreds of balloonists and thousands of spectators from around the world. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lady Gaga arrives at the Los Angeles premiere screening of "American Horror Story: Hotel" at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (credit:Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Ethan Hurley, 7, top right, prays with a church group at a makeshift memorial near Snyder Hall at Umpqua Community College, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, in Roseburg, Ore. Armed suspect Chris Harper-Mercer on Thursday killed multiple people and wounded several others before taking his own life at Snyder Hall. (AP Photo/John Locher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(19 of27)
A student, member of the school marching band cries as she carries the coffin of her classmate and fellow band member Bryan Sandoval who died in a mudslide, to the Santa Catarina Pinula cemetery on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Hope faded Sunday for finding any survivors of a mudslide that killed at least 87 people as authorities said that hundreds more may still be missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man watches as a vehicle tries to navigate flood waters in Florence, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 as heavy rains continue to saturate the state, causing widespread flooding. The rainstorm drenching the East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina, cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing scores of roads because of floodwaters. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 photo, members of the Libyan Red Crescent wash their hands at the shore after they put bodies in the bags as they were found washed up in the eastern shore of Tripoli, Libya. A spokesman for the Red Crescent said the bodies of at least 95 migrants have been found washed ashore over the past five days. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A swan swims on the Hopfensee lake near Hopfen am See, southern Germany, as sun sets behind an Alps panorama on October 4, 2015. (credit:KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND via Getty Images)
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Neighbors watch employees with the city of Isle of Palms cut down a live oak tree that fell down on 23rd Avenue after heavy rains fell on Isle of Palms, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. The South Carolina coast is getting hammered with heavy rains along with an unusual lunar high tide causing flooding all over the state. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Iranian mourners attend the funeral ceremony of some pilgrims who were killed in a stampede during the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last month, as a mourner holds a banner which reads in Arabic, "May Allah Curse Al-Saud," referring to Saudi Arabia's ruling family, at Tehran University, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Thousands of mourners attended funeral services for the pilgrims. Iran has blamed Saudi authorities for the disaster, which heightened tensions between the two regional rivals. Saudi authorities say 769 pilgrims died in the stampede near Mecca in the worst disaster to strike the annual pilgrimage in a quarter-century. Iran appears to have lost the largest number of pilgrims, with 464 dead. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Reichstag building, home of the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, is illuminated during a party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Germany's reunification in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A model wears a creation by Lebanese designer Elie Saab as part of his Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection, presented during the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Empty coffins are prepared for mudslide victims at a provisional morgue inside a municipal building in Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Rescue workers recovered more bodies Saturday after a hillside collapsed on homes late Thursday, while more are feared still buried in the rubble. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)