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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talk to each other as they pose for the media before their talks during the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey.. Erdogan heads to Russia on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016 as part of efforts to rebuild ties shattered by Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane - just as relations with Turkey's traditional allies, the United States and Europe, show increasing strain amid Ankara's crackdown following a failed coup.

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Delta Air Lines passengers watch as a Delta plane taxis at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta. Delta Air Lines grounded flights scheduled to leave Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, after experiencing unspecified systems issues. Confirmation of the troubles came in an official account that responds to customers via Twitter. The airline declined to immediately comment by phone and it was unclear whether all its flights were affected.

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Destroyed vehicles and flooded houses are pictured after an overnight storm, in the village of Singelic, just east of Skopje, Macedonia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. The Macedonian capital of Skopje has been hit Saturday night by torrential rain and floods that left at least 17 people dead, six missing and sent 60 others to the hospital.

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Municipality workers remove graffitis from the Republique Statue in Paris, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Paris city council is cleaning the graffiti and posters off the Place de la Republique statue on the square that became the focal point of mourning after attacks in the French capital. The cleaning of the makeshift memorial, which started earlier this month, is set to be completed by Aug. 11.

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Rail workers form a picket line opposite Victoria Station during a strike in London, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Hundreds of thousands of London commuters face disruption during a five-day strike on one of Britain’s most problem-plagued rail lines. Southern Rail workers walked off the job Monday over plans to remove conductors from trains. Mick Cash, general-secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, said the plan would mean that “jobs and safety are compromised on these dangerously overcrowded trains." But train operator Govia Thameslink said the strike was “completely unjustified.” It said it hoped to run 60 percent of scheduled services during the walkout. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

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United States' Lilly King competes in a semifinal of the women's 100-meter breaststroke during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Retired Catholic bishop Edward Daly in Londonderry, Northen Ireland. Former Roman Catholic Bishop Edward Daly, who tended victims of Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday massacre, has died aged 82. The Catholic Diocese of Derry says Daly died peacefully on Monday, Aug, 8, 2016. British paratroopers opened fire on a Catholic protest march in Londonderry on Jan. 30, 1972, killing 13. The killings helped fuel Northern Ireland's sectarian violence, in which some 3,000 people died. Daly became a hero by administering last rites to victims on the streets of the Catholic Bogside district. A photo of the priest waving a blood-stained white handkerchief as he tried to help a fatally wounded victim become one of the event’s iconic images. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP, file)

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People carry dead bodies of victims in a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said.

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Thai reporters play Pokemon Go on their phone in front of a spirit house at a Government building in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Two days after the highly anticipated Pokemon Go game was released in Thailand, officials have drawn up a list of places where Pokemon can't go. The royal palace is one of them.

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Police and investigators work at the scene of an attack at the police headquarters in Charleroi, Belgium on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. A man attacked two police officers with a weapon near the headquarters on Saturday before being apprehended.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Windham High School, in Windham, N.H. Trump is focusing his economic message on boosting jobs and making the country more competitive on a global stage by cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and increasing domestic energy production. With a speech Monday, Aug. 8, to the prestigious Detroit Economic Club, Trump seeks to reset his campaign and delve into a subject - the economy - that is seen as one of his strengths.

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And provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, Japan's Emperor Akihito reads a message for recording at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Akihito expressed concern about fulfilling his duties as he ages in an address to the public in a 10-minute recorded speech broadcast on national television Monday that was remarkable for its rarity and its hinted possibility that he may want to abdicate in a few years. (Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)

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Folice and Belgian Army soldiers patrol during a court hearing for suspect Mohamed Abrini, a suspect in the Paris and Brussels attacks, that were claimed by the Islamic State organization, at the Court of Appeals in Brussels. The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African Americans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists. A new GenForward poll of Americans age 18-30 shows widespread anxiety among young people about attacks from both inside and outside the United States.

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Pool-file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Vladivostok, Russia. Clinton says as president she will stand up to Putin. As secretary of state, her wrangles with Russia had mixed results. Clinton, the public face of President Barack Obama's first-term "reset" policy with Russia, scored a number of diplomatic successes _ when Dmitry Medvedev was president. When Putin reclaimed the presidency, it was a different story.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, and Republican presidential candidate Donal Trump in these 2016 file photos. Clinton and Trump offer voters distinct choices this fall on issues that shape everyday lives. Actual ideas are in play, as difficult as it can be to see them through the surreal layers of the 2016 presidential campaign. But decisions to be made by President Trump or President Clinton are going to matter to home and hearth.

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And provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, Japan's Emperor Akihito reads a message for recording at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Akihito expressed concern about fulfilling his duties as he ages in an address to the public in a 10-minute recorded speech broadcast on national television Monday that was remarkable for its rarity and its hinted possibility that he may want to abdicate in a few years. (Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)

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People comfort each other following a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. A powerful bomb went off inside a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday, killing dozens of people and wounding dozens of others, police said.

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Riders are propelled by jets of water as they go over a hump while riding a water slide called "Verruckt" at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan. A 12-year-old boy died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, on the Kansas water slide that is billed as the world's largest, according to officials. Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman Officer Cameron Morgan said the boy died at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark, which is located about 15 miles west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Schlitterbahn spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said the child died on one of the park's main attractions, Verruckt, a 168-foot-tall water slide that has 264 stairs leading to the top.

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Pakistani volunteers rush an injured person for medical help following a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. A powerful bomb went off inside a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday, killing dozens of people and wounding dozens of others, police said.

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