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People search for survivors in a collapsed building in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. A powerful earthquake has jolted Mexico, causing buildings to sway sickeningly in the capital on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)

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United States President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

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Passengers look at information monitors as they wait for their trains at The Saint-Charles Station in Marseille on August 20, 2017, following a fire between Aubagne and Carnoux, south-eastern France.
Holidaymakers who were staying near Aubagne were momentarily evacuated on the night of August 19 and residents confined to their homes as a wildfire burned through 200 hectares of vegetation. Some 3,000 travellers in southern France spent thenight camped out in train stations after a bush fire cut off a busy route between Marseille and the resort city of Nice. / AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND LANGLOISBERTRAND LANGLOIS/AFP/Getty Images

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In this combo from file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads the weekly cabinet meeting of her government at the chancellery in Berlin.

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UK police arrest 2nd man in London subway attack case September 17, 2017 | 4:10 AM

Judge denies El Chapo's effort to dismiss drug traffic case September 15, 2017 | 7:32 PM

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Fire Brigade officers stand inside a cordon near where an incident happened, that police say they are investigating as a terrorist attack, at Parsons Green subway station in London, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. A bucket wrapped in an insulated bag caught fire on a packed London subway train Friday, sending commuters stampeding in panic at the height of the morning rush hour.

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Manhunt on after homemade bomb wounds 22 on London subway September 15, 2017 | 7:12 AM

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North Korea fires missile over Japan in longest-ever flight September 15, 2017 | 3:44 AM

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A house slides into the Atlantic Ocean in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.

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Residents fearing aftershocks sleep on stoops outside their earthquaked-damaged homes in central Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. This was one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico and it struck off the country's southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into the streets in the middle of the night.

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This Sept. 6, 2017 photo provided by the Dutch Defense Ministry shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in St. Maarten. Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees. Significant damage was reported on the island that is split between French and Dutch control. (Gerben Van Es/Dutch Defense Ministry via AP)

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In this Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 photo, Juan Negron, right, prepares to start up a power generator in front of whats left of his damaged property, after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico. About a million people were without power in the U.S. territory after Irma passed just to the north, lashing the island with heavy wind and rain. Nearly 50,000 also were without water.

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This Sept. 6, 2017 photo provided by the Dutch Defense Ministry shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in St. Maarten. Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees. Significant damage was reported on the island that is split between French and Dutch control. (Gerben Van Es/Dutch Defense Ministry via AP)

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