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In this Nov. 22, 2016 photo, Chandra Lal Bhadal, Hindu priest of Changu Narayan temple, stands in the debris of his house that was destroyed in a 2015 earthquake at Changu Village, 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) east of Kathmandu, Nepal. Less than two years after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake damaged the 5th century temple, the community is cleaning up their World Heritage site themselves and British architect John Sanday, who led the World Monuments Fund restoration of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, has taken on the recovery as his pet project. Changu Narayan is believed to be the oldest Hindu place of worship in the country, its wooden walls intricately carved with hundreds of deities, perched atop a steep hill overlooking the Kathmandu Valley. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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In this Friday Jan. 13, 2017 photo, a man from Mali stands on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found dead along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
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In this Friday Jan. 13, 2017 photo, a woman from Mali sits on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found dead along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
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In this Friday Jan. 13, 2017 photo, women from Mali ON the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found dead along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
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In this Friday Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Idris 3, from Mali, center, sleeps next to his mother Aicha Keita, right, on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found dead along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
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Alaska State Council on the Arts executive director Andrea Noble-Pelant poses for a photo in Eagle River, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. Noble-Pelant was named executive director of the state arts agency in December, 2016, after serving in that role on an interim basis since May. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, Tom Kroll, director of the Saint John's University Arboretum in Collegeville, Minn., describes the power output of the new solar panels at the university's solar farm. With the newest expansion, the farm now covers 23 acres and can power about 525 homes. (Jason Wachter/St. Cloud Times via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, shows the solar farm at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. With the newest expansion, the farm now covers 23 acres and can power about 525 homes. (Jason Wachter/St. Cloud Times via AP)
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Ice hangs from trees along a creek bed in North Tulsa, Saturday Jan. 14, 2017. (Jessie Wardarski/Tulsa World via AP)
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A small berry bush is covered with ice in a Tulsa neighborhood, Saturday Jan. 14, 2017. (Jessie Wardarski/Tulsa World via AP)
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Space-X's Falcon 9 rocket with 10 satellites launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. The two-stage rocket lifted off to place 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications Inc. About nine minutes later, the first stage returned to Earth and landed successfully on a barge in the Pacific Ocean south of Vandenberg. (Matt Hartman via AP)
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Rush hour traffic is particularly light on Interstate 64 going past the St. Louis Science Center overpass on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in St. Louis. Many businesses closed early and civic events were cancelled as an ice storm made travel dangerous. (Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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A thin layer of ice covers branches in the parking lot of the St. Louis Science Center's James S. McDonell Planetarium on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in St. Louis. Many businesses closed early and civic events were cancelled as an ice storm made travel dangerous. (Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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In a Nov. 17, 2016 photo, David Nelms of the US Geological Service is working with a drilling team to drill down to bedrock to install a land subsidence-measuring instrument called an extensometer in northern Suffolk, WV. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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In this Dec. 16, 2016 photo, David Nelms, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, gestures to an extensometer that's being installed in Suffolk, Virginia. The gauge, under the black plastic trash bag, reaches 2,000 feet into the ground and measures ground levels. The local sanitation department plans to inject treated wastewater into the aquifer, which could cause ground levels to rise and serve as a tool against sea-level rise. (AP Photo/ Ben Finley)
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In a Nov. 17, 2016 photo, a drilling team for the U.S. Geological Survey adds 40 feet of drilling rod to a rig as they drill down to bedrock to install a land subsidence-measuring instrument called an extensometer in northern Suffolk, WV. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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In a Nov, 17, 2016 photo, a drilling rig operated by the U.S. Geological Survey drills down to bedrock to install a land subsidence-measuring instrument called an extensometer in northern Suffolk, WVa.. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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In this Dec. 16, 2016 photo, David Nelms, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, talks about a wastewater project in Suffolk, Virginia, that could help the surrounding region fight against sea-level rise. Pointing to computer model printouts, he said that injecting wastewater into the aquifer could cause ground levels to rise and fortify at least some land against rising seas. (AP Photo/ Ben Finley)
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In this Jan. 6, 2017 photo, people use a public wifi hotspot in Havana, Cuba. Cuba depended on slow, expensive satellite internet until 2013, when it opened a fiber-optic cable to Venezuela that connected the island to the global online infrastructure. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
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In this Jan. 6, 2017 photo, people use a public wifi hotspot in Havana, Cuba. Home internet came to Cuba in December 2016, in a limited pilot program that’s part of the most dramatic change in daily life here since the declaration of detente with the United States on Dec. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
