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In this undated photo made available by Agha Khan Award for Architecture, people walk at the Friendship Centre in Gaibandha, Bangladesh which is one of the Agha khan award winning projects of 2016. The project is located in rural Gaibandha where agriculture is predominant, the project's roofscape merges with its environment. (AKTC via AP)
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. (Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP)
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People peep in the site of the new national stadium, which will host the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. An expert panel set up by Tokyo's newly elected governor says the price tag of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could exceed $30 billion unless drastic cost-cutting measures are taken. That's more than a four-fold increase from the initial estimate at the time Tokyo was awarded the games in 2013. Officials say construction of the new stadium will begin in December and be completed by November 2019. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 photo, vacant areas of dirt sit at the entrance to the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, in Miami Beach, Fla. The garden was home to over 2,000 colorful bromeliads which were uprooted after the plants were identified as breeding grounds for mosquitoes with the Zika virus. City of Miami Beach officials ordered the city-owned garden to uproot the plants, and are encouraging residents to do the same in their own yards. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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A woman shutters a window of her house before the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Santiago, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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People arrive with their belongings at a shelter prior the arrival of the Hurricane Matthew in Santiago, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Fishermen move their boats out of the water before the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Arcahaie, Haiti. Sunday Oct. 2, 2016. A powerful Hurricane Matthew moved slowly Sunday across the Caribbean Sea on a track that authorities warned could trigger devastation in parts of Haiti. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Illustration on the benefits of commercial space exploration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Fishermen move their boats out of the water before the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Arcahaie, Haiti. Sunday Oct. 2, 2016. A powerful Hurricane Matthew moved slowly Sunday across the Caribbean Sea on a track that authorities warned could trigger devastation in parts of Haiti. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this Oct. 22, 2009, file photo, a bud of legally grown marijuana is held by a cancer patient, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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Fishermen sail on a boat at Port Royal in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, photo, store owner Caleb Saunders answers questions in front of his shop, Green Jar in Wasilla, Alaska. Saunders hopes to sell marijuana from the shop and opposes a ballot measure that would ban sales, cultivation, testing of marijuana in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Alaska's fastest-growing municipality will decide Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, whether to ban commercial marijuana enterprises. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) warms up before the first half of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
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Workers set up a board as protection against hurricane Matthew in an hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. Matthew briefly reached the top hurricane classification, Category 5, and was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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A worker hauls a board to use on a storefront window as protection against hurricane Matthew in Kingston, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. Matthew briefly reached the top hurricane classification, Category 5, and was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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In this Sept. 13, 2016 photo, several of the piers for the new U.S. 52/IL 64 bridge project are complete over the Mississippi River from Sabula, Iowa to Savanna, Illinois. The current bridge, built in 1932 over the Mississippi River, is "in need of a full replacement according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. At 20 feet wide, it is too narrow to meet current safety standards, and does not accommodate disabled vehicles or bicycle traffic. (Kevin Schmidt Newsroom /Quad City Times via AP)
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North Carolina State wide receiver Stephen Louis (12) tries to escape Wake Forest defensive back Brad Watson (25) after making a reception during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2015, a couple takes photos as a wave crashes against a wall along The Battery in Charleston, S.C. Nearly a year after 2 feet of rain fell on South Carolina, hundreds of people are still trying to fix their homes. ( (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Workers harvest marijuana plants in a rural area near Corvallis, Ore., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. On Friday the recreational marijuana regulating body announced that it has approved several licenses for recreational marijuana shops to open as of October 1, 2016, meeting a deadline set by the agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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In this undated photo provided by John Kaia, a yellow-faced bee is shown in Hawaii. Federal authorities added seven yellow-faced bee species, Hawaii’s only native bees, for protection under the Endangered Species Act Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, a first for any bees in the United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the listing after years of study by the conservation group Xerces Society. (John Kaia via AP)
