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TOPSHOT - Two girls attend festivities as Latvia's large Russian minority gathers at the Victory Monument to mark 72 years since the end of World War II and to commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in Riga, Latvia on May 9, 2017. Known as Victory Day to Russians, May 9 remains a divisive date in the Baltic state. A quarter of the two million population, ethnic Russians see it as a celebration of the 1945 Nazi surrender to the Red Army in Berlin, but most ethnic Latvians see it as the start of a harsh 50-year Soviet occupation. / AFP PHOTO / Ilmars ZNOTINS (Photo credit should read ILMARS ZNOTINS/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Two girls attend festivities as Latvia's large Russian minority gathers at the Victory Monument to mark 72 years since the end of World War II and to commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in Riga, Latvia on May 9, 2017. Known as Victory Day to Russians, May 9 remains a divisive date in the Baltic state. A quarter of the two million population, ethnic Russians see it as a celebration of the 1945 Nazi surrender to the Red Army in Berlin, but most ethnic Latvians see it as the start of a harsh 50-year Soviet occupation. / AFP PHOTO / Ilmars ZNOTINS (Photo credit should read ILMARS ZNOTINS/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - French CRS anti-riot police officers are engulfed in flames as they face protesters during a march for the annual May Day workers' rally in Paris on May 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Zakaria ABDELKAFI (Photo credit should read ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - French CRS anti-riot police officers are engulfed in flames as they face protesters during a march for the annual May Day workers' rally in Paris on May 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Zakaria ABDELKAFI (Photo credit should read ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Kano Pillars para-soccer team player advances with the ball during a training session in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, on April 22, 2017. The World Health Organization said 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and central Africa as part of efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent. "The synchronised vaccination campaign, one of the largest of its kind ever implemented in Africa, is part of urgent measures to permanently stop polio on the continent," the WHO said. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
Kano Pillars para-soccer team player advances with the ball during a training session in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, on April 22, 2017. The World Health Organization said 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and central Africa as part of efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent. "The synchronised vaccination campaign, one of the largest of its kind ever implemented in Africa, is part of urgent measures to permanently stop polio on the continent," the WHO said. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - The guard of honour parade during the country's 37th Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare April 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jekesai NJIKIZANA (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - The guard of honour parade during the country's 37th Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare April 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jekesai NJIKIZANA (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

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A woman arranges fried snacks on her street food cart the Pratunam district of Bangkok on April 18, 2017. Street food stalls will be banned from all of Bangkok's main roads under a clean-up crusade, a city hall official said, prompting outcry and anguish in a food-obsessed capital famed for its spicey roadside cuisine. / AFP PHOTO / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA (Photo credit should read LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman arranges fried snacks on her street food cart the Pratunam district of Bangkok on April 18, 2017. Street food stalls will be banned from all of Bangkok's main roads under a clean-up crusade, a city hall official said, prompting outcry and anguish in a food-obsessed capital famed for its spicey roadside cuisine. / AFP PHOTO / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA (Photo credit should read LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty Images)

The World Capital of Street Food Is Banning Street Food

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TOPSHOT - Israeli mounted policemen run over a police woman as he disperses ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in the centre of Jerusalem, on April 3, 2017. Many ultra-Orthodox oppose military service for their young men because they believe it exposes them to influences and temptations not found in the insular world of prayer and religious study. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Israeli mounted policemen run over a police woman as he disperses ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in the centre of Jerusalem, on April 3, 2017. Many ultra-Orthodox oppose military service for their young men because they believe it exposes them to influences and temptations not found in the insular world of prayer and religious study. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - China's Premier Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed to Government House by a Maori elder during a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 27, 2017. Li is on a three-day visit to New Zealand. / AFP PHOTO / Marty MELVILLE (Photo credit should read MARTY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - China's Premier Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed to Government House by a Maori elder during a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 27, 2017. Li is on a three-day visit to New Zealand. / AFP PHOTO / Marty MELVILLE (Photo credit should read MARTY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - Female soldiers of Pakistan's Air Force, Navy and Army march past during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2017. Pakistan National Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded on March 23, 1940. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Female soldiers of Pakistan's Air Force, Navy and Army march past during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2017. Pakistan National Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded on March 23, 1940. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Thousands of women Pro-Choice protesters on Debnicki Square, in Krakow, during a 'Black protest'. Women nationwide strike took place all around the country and it is the response against the proposed tightening of the law on abortion in Poland. Polish women are demanding respect for their right to free choice and the freedom to decide about their own bodies and lives. On Monday, 3 October 2016, in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Thousands of women Pro-Choice protesters on Debnicki Square, in Krakow, during a 'Black protest'. Women nationwide strike took place all around the country and it is the response against the proposed tightening of the law on abortion in Poland. Polish women are demanding respect for their right to free choice and the freedom to decide about their own bodies and lives. On Monday, 3 October 2016, in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - An agent (R) of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) escorts suspects during a raid at an informal settlers' area inside a public cemetery in Manila on March 16, 2017. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in late January handed the drug war campaign over to the much smaller Drug Enforcement Agency, with support from the military, after an official investigation found members of police anti-drug officers kidnapped a South Korean businessman late last year, then murdered him at the national police headquarters as part of an extortion racket, but a month later President Duterte said he would recall police to fight his drug war. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - An agent (R) of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) escorts suspects during a raid at an informal settlers' area inside a public cemetery in Manila on March 16, 2017. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in late January handed the drug war campaign over to the much smaller Drug Enforcement Agency, with support from the military, after an official investigation found members of police anti-drug officers kidnapped a South Korean businessman late last year, then murdered him at the national police headquarters as part of an extortion racket, but a month later President Duterte said he would recall police to fight his drug war. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - South Korean supporters of Park Geun-Hye clash with police after the announcement of the Constitutional Court over the impeachment of South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye in Seoul on March 10, 2017. The rival crowds outside South Korea's constitutional court on March 10 for the verdict on impeached president Park Geun-Hye epitomised the opposing passions and generational splits over the country's sweeping political scandal. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - South Korean supporters of Park Geun-Hye clash with police after the announcement of the Constitutional Court over the impeachment of South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye in Seoul on March 10, 2017. The rival crowds outside South Korea's constitutional court on March 10 for the verdict on impeached president Park Geun-Hye epitomised the opposing passions and generational splits over the country's sweeping political scandal. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - Revellers of the Mangueira samba school perform on the second night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early on February 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Yasuyoshi CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Revellers of the Mangueira samba school perform on the second night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early on February 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Yasuyoshi CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

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AT SEA, AT SEA - FEBRUARY 19: Refugees and migrants are seen on deck of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro sailing towards the Italian port of Pozzallo after being rescued off Libyan coast north of Sabratha, Libya on February 19, 2017 at Sea. 466 migrants were rescued in high seas last Friday by the Italian Coast Guard and the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro. Proactiva Open Arms are a Spanish charity based out of Malta who provide search and rescue assistance to refugees and migrants in distress at sea. They patrol the SAR and Rescue Zone off the coast of Libya running rescue missions for the hundreds of migrants who continue to make perilous journey across the Mediterranean in hope of reaching the European mainland. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
AT SEA, AT SEA - FEBRUARY 19: Refugees and migrants are seen on deck of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro sailing towards the Italian port of Pozzallo after being rescued off Libyan coast north of Sabratha, Libya on February 19, 2017 at Sea. 466 migrants were rescued in high seas last Friday by the Italian Coast Guard and the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro. Proactiva Open Arms are a Spanish charity based out of Malta who provide search and rescue assistance to refugees and migrants in distress at sea. They patrol the SAR and Rescue Zone off the coast of Libya running rescue missions for the hundreds of migrants who continue to make perilous journey across the Mediterranean in hope of reaching the European mainland. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - Pakistani policemen move injured victims from a blast site into a vehicle after a powerful explosion in Lahore on February 13, 2017. A powerful explosion killed at least 10 people and injured 60 when it ripped through a protest in Pakistan's Lahore on February 13, officials said, shattering a growing sense of security in the provincial capital. / AFP / ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Pakistani policemen move injured victims from a blast site into a vehicle after a powerful explosion in Lahore on February 13, 2017. A powerful explosion killed at least 10 people and injured 60 when it ripped through a protest in Pakistan's Lahore on February 13, officials said, shattering a growing sense of security in the provincial capital. / AFP / ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - People protest against the government in Bucharest on February 6, 2017. Romania's government formally repealed Sunday contentious corruption legislation that has sparked the biggest protests since the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, ministerial sources said. / AFP / Daniel MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - People protest against the government in Bucharest on February 6, 2017. Romania's government formally repealed Sunday contentious corruption legislation that has sparked the biggest protests since the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, ministerial sources said. / AFP / Daniel MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)

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