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A motorcyclist looks on as he drives next to a pile of garbage in Piraeus, near Athens, on Monday, June 26, 2017. Municipality workers have been on strike for almost a week , hindering trash collection across the country. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man walk next an optical shop behind a pile of garbage in Piraeus, near Athens, on Monday, June 26, 2017. Municipality workers have been on strike for almost a week, hindering trash collection across the country. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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In this Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, file photo, Indian women use bare hands to pick reusable pieces from heaps of used coal discarded by a carbon factory in Gauhati, India. The world’s biggest coal users — China, the United States and India — have boosted coal mining in 2017, in an abrupt departure from last year’s record global decline for the heavily polluting fuel and a setback to efforts to rein in climate change emissions. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath, File)
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A juvenile osprey looks at surveyors as the prepare to capture him during a tagging and survey operation of the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center on the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, June 9, 2017. Ospreys build nests with just about anything: tree branches, stuffed animals, flip flops _ even an opossum skull. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Research associate for the Center for Conservation Biology for the College of W&M and Virginia Commonwealth University, Reese Lukei Jr., shows the talons of a juvenile osprey on the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, June 9, 2017. “It’s a great time for fish-eating birds on the Chesapeake Bay,” said Bryan D. Watts, director of the Center for Conservation Biology, a research group that’s part of the College of William & Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University. “But we have to maintain some vigilance about other forces that can cause some problems.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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A juvenile osprey sits in a tub as it is weighed during a survey and tagging operation by the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center on the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, June 9, 2017. The protected species faces threats such as pollution and predators that also have rebounded from DDT. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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An inspection mirror shows two osprey eggs discovered in a nest during the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center tagging and survey operation on the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, June 9, 2017. Although they've rebounded, conservationists continue to tag ospreys while counting their eggs and nests. The protected species faces threats such as pollution and predators that also have rebounded from DDT. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Research associate for the Center for Conservation Biology for the College of W&M and Virginia Commonwealth University, Reese Lukei Jr., right, holds an inspection mirror as he and Matt Klepeisz, inspect an osprey nest on the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, June 9, 2017. The abundance of nests is proof of the bird’s surging population in recent decades after the insecticide DDT nearly wiped them out last century. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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In this Thursday, June 22, 2017 photo, rare wild orchids bloom in the Eshqua Bog in Hartland, Vt. This particular orchid is considered rare in Vermont. It thrives in the area that is technically defined as a fen because of the wet, sunny conditions, with soil containing peat and lime. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this Thursday, June 22, 2017 photo, rare wild orchids bloom in the Eshqua Bog in Hartland, Vt. This particular orchid is considered rare in Vermont. It thrives in the area that is technically defined as a fen because of the wet, sunny conditions, with soil containing peat and lime. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this Thursday, June 22, 2017 photo, rare wild orchids bloom in the Eshqua Bog in Hartland, Vt. This particular orchid is considered rare in Vermont. It thrives in the area that is technically defined as a fen because of the wet, sunny conditions, with soil containing peat and lime. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this Thursday, June 22, 2017 photo, a rare wild orchid blooms in the Eshqua Bog in Hartland, Vt. This particular orchid is considered rare in Vermont. It thrives in the area that is technically defined as a fen because of the wet, sunny conditions, with soil containing peat and lime. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Legal professionals are debating whether the state-owned dam in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, is a public forum — which would allow for an Islamic State flag. (Associated Press)
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A firefighter works to put out a forest fire near Mazagon in southern Spain, Sunday June 25, 2017. A forest fire in southern Spain has forced the evacuation of some 1,000 people and is threatening Donana National Park, one of Spain's most important nature reserves and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994, and famous for its biodiversity, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alberto Diaz)
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Civil Defence officers lead horses to safely from a forest fire near Mazagon in southern Spain, Sunday June 25, 2017. A forest fire in southern Spain has forced the evacuation of some 1,000 people and is threatening Donana National Park, one of Spain's most important nature reserves and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994, and famous for its biodiversity, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alberto Diaz)
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Police and Civil Guards look towards a forest fire near Mazagon in southern Spain, Sunday June 25, 2017. A forest fire in southern Spain has forced the evacuation of some 1,000 people and is threatening Donana National Park, one of Spain's most important nature reserves and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994, and famous for its biodiversity, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alberto Diaz)
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A sign indicating the beach for the Parador Hotel sits in a burned out area after a forest fire near Mazagon in southern Spain, Sunday June 25, 2017. A forest fire in southern Spain has forced the evacuation of about 1,000 people and is threatening Donana National Park, one of Spain's most important nature reserves and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994, and famous for its biodiversity, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alberto Diaz)
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A military police officer stands by his motorcycle next to flames from a forest fire near Mazagon in southern Spain, Sunday June 25, 2017. A forest fire in southern Spain has forced the evacuation of around 1,000 people and is threatening Donana National Park, one of Spain's most important nature reserves and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994, and famous for its biodiversity, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alberto Diaz)
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In this June 20, 2017 photo provided by Douglas County, people gather in the grand hall of the Edgewood Tahoe Lodge for its grand opening on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nev. The $100 million lodge has 154 rooms and was built in conjunction with an ambitious project to protect wetlands and filter stormwater runoff harmful to the lake's clarity. (Melissa Blosser/Douglas County Public Information Officer via AP)
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In this June 20, 2017 photo released by Douglas County, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval speaks at the grand opening of Edgewood Tahoe Lodge on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nev. The $100 million lodge has 154 rooms and was built in conjunction with an ambitious project to protect wetlands and filter stormwater runoff harmful to the lake's clarity. (Melissa Blosser/Douglas County Public Information Officer)
