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A worker holds a flare as he attend a demonstration against austerity plans which affect salaries and pensions in Marseille, April 9, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Confederate troops fire on Union troops during a re-enactment of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse as part of commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House in Appomattox, Va., Thursday, April 9, 2015 (Photo: AP)

A man rests on the top of a building in downtown Sao Paulo April 9, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Pigeons fly past a statue of Paul Kruger as municipal workers prepare to clean it after it was vandalized with paint a few days ago, in Church Square, Pretoria, April 9, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamat ud Dawa raise their hands during a rally to support the Saudi Arabian government, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, April 9, 2015 (Photo: AP)

Beer bottles roll through a processing line at the Sagres brewery in Vialonga, near Lisbon April 9, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

A child from an impoverished neighborhood writes the alphabet at a school in Bhubaneswar, India, Thursday, April 9, 2015 (Photo: AP)

In this Thursday, April 9, 2015 photo, an aurora borealis (northern lights) illuminates the night sky over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Mont. at 11:56 p.m. The shimmering is caused by an interaction of a solar storm with the earth's electromagnetic field (Photo: AP)

Tourists ride camels at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 9, 2015 (Photo: AP)

A Palestinian protester argues with Israeli border policemen during a protest against the closure of a main road connecting Ramallah with Nablus, in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 9, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Palestinian protesters argue with Israeli border policemen during a protest against the closure of a main road connecting Ramallah with Nablus, in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 9, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

A real-scale head of Godzilla is unveiled at the balcony of a newly-built commercial complex as a new Tokyo landmark at Kabukicho shopping and amusement district in Tokyo April 9, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)