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FILE - In this Monday, April 27, 2015 file photo, a pangolin climbs out of a cage upon its release into the wild in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Although a global wildlife summit banned all trade of the pangolin, an anteater with a distinctive coat of hard scales, doubts remain whether that will stop the illegal traffic of pangolins in Africa fueled by a growing demand from Asian consumers, particularly Chinese. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara, File)
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In this Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 photo, park ranger Denis Odong stands in an open area in Kidepo Valley National Park in northern Uganda. Although a global wildlife summit banned all trade of pangolins, doubts remain whether that will stop their illegal traffic in Africa fueled by growing demand from Asian consumers, particularly in China. (AP Photo/Helene Franchineau)
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FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2008, file photo, the riverboat Delta Queen moves up the Ohio River. The boat made The National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2016 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, an annual list that spotlights important examples of the nation’s architectural and cultural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
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Two boys float in an old wooden box in an area flooded by heavy rains caused by Hurricane Matthew, in La Puya slum, in the Arroyo Hondo creek in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Matthew roared into the southwestern coast of the island of Hispaniola with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez)
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Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, right, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine stand before the audience during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, right, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine shake hands during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Gov. Nikki Haley announces that she plans to call for the evacuation of about 1 million people from South Carolina's coast as Hurricane Matthew threatens on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at the South Carolina Emergency Management Division headquarters in Pine Ridge, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
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Shoppers look for items amid the generators, cases of water and gas cans at Lowe's in Oakland Park, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Anxious Florida residents raided grocery store shelves and North Carolina called for the evacuation of three barrier islands as Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a about decade, threatened to rake a large swath of the East Coast in the coming days. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) ** FILE **
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Residents wade through flood waters in Leogane, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton crosses the stage to greet members of the audience at a town hall at the Haverford Community Recreation and Environmental Center in Haverford, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles while on stage at a town hall at the Haverford Community Recreation and Environmental Center in Haverford, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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In this still image taken from video footage provided by the Daret Izza Media Office, an anti-government activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a big blast is seen at the edge of the city accompanied by a large plume of smoke and debris rising from the skyline, Daret Izza, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Activists say the explosion was caused by a thermobaric rocket launched by forces loyal to the Syrian government. (Daret Izza Media Office via AP)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a town hall at the Haverford Community Recreation and Environmental Center in Haverford, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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The GOES East satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and taken Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at 9:15 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Matthew about 220 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. Hurricane Matthew roared across the southwestern tip of Haiti with 145 mph winds Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, uprooting trees and tearing roofs from homes in a largely rural corner of the impoverished country as the storm headed north toward Cuba and the east coast of Florida. (NOAA via AP)
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gestures before addressing members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke to the European Parliament ahead of a historic vote on the Paris climate accord. Final support from Europe will give the pact sufficient global support for it to enter into force around the world. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
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Hollywood actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio appears with President Obama in the trailer for his upcoming climate change documentary "Before the Flood." (YouTube, National Geographic)
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In this 2009 photo provided by NOAA and the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, fish swim in a mesophotic coral ecosystem about 230 feet deep in the in Au'au Channel off Maui, Hawaii. Coral reefs in Hawaii’s oceanic twilight zone, the deep area of ocean where light still penetrates and photosynthesis occurs, are abundant and home to a wide variety of regionally unique fish species. A paper published Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 said that some of the reefs off the archipelago are the most extensive deep-water reef ecosystem ever recorded. (NOAA and Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory via AP)
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A girl watches as authorities arrive to evacuate people from her house in Tabarre, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. The center of Hurricane Matthew is expected to pass near or over southwestern Haiti on Tuesday, but the area is already experiencing rain from the outer bands of the storm. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
