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Inmates sleep on the ground of an open basketball court inside the Quezon City jail in Manila on July 19. There are 3,800 inmates at the jail, which was built six decades ago to house 800.

A Kenyan riot police officer stomps on a protester in downtown Nairobi on May 16.

Kenyan police have tear gassed and beaten opposition supporters demanding the disbandment of the electoral authority over alleged bias and corruption.

Infant Udai Faisal is hospitalized for acute malnutrition the Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 22. Udai died on March 24.

Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen’s conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago.

Donald Trump hovers behind Hillary Clinton while she answers a question from the audience during their presidential town hall debate at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 9.

Hillary Clinton at a rally in New York City on June 7.

On a February expedition to Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic, photographer Sebastian Copeland captured this striking photo of adeceased polar bear, which he believed was “likely starved to death” due to climate change.

While his opinion is not definitive, Andrew Derocher, a professor at the University of Alberta,tells BuzzFeed News that polar bear scientists are “getting more reportsand seeing more cases” of starvation.

Rupa, 28, has her hair shaved at the Thiruthani Murugan Temple on Nov. 10 in Thiruttani, India, in the hopes that donating it to the gods will cure her daughter’s illness. It is common for Hindu believers to tonsure their hair at a temple as a young child and to mark other rites of passage.

The “temple hair,” as it’s known, is then auctioned off to a processing plant and then sold as pricey wigs and weaves in the US, Europe, and Africa.

People react as they use the new Samsung Gear 360, a 360-degree camera, at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona on Feb. 22.

Solar Impulse 2 flies over San Francisco on April 23. The solar-powered airplane, which is attempting to circumnavigate the globe to promote clean energy and the spirit of innovation, arrived from Hawaii after a three-day journey across the Pacific Ocean.

Air Force One, carrying President Barack Obama and his family, flies over a neighborhood of Havana as it approaches the runway to land at Havana’s international airport on March 20.

President Barack Obama hugs his daughter Malia Obama at the Fourth of July White House party in Washington DC.

Malia Obama celebrated her 18th birthday during the party, which featured guests including singers Janelle Monáe and Kendrick Lamar.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the men’s 100-meter semifinal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 14.

A mother shows her 3-month-old baby boy’s feet with 16 toes in Yueyang City, China, on May 1.

The child, Hong Hong, also has two palms on each hand with 7 fingers on his right hand and 8 fingers on his left hand.

A doctor at Hunan Province People’s Hospital told Hong’s father that his son should have surgery when he is between 6 months and 1 year old.

Indian model and acid attack survivor Reshma Quereshi has make up applied before walking to present Indian designer Archana Kochhar’s Spring/Summer 2017 collections during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 8.

A woman removes a Niqab she was wearing in her village after Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of it, on the outskirts of Manbij city, Aleppo province, Syria June 9, 2016.

Robin Roy reacts as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets her at a campaign rally in Lowell, Massachusetts January 4, 2016. Brian Snyder: 'To some, it was as if she had met a celebrity rock star. To others, this woman looked pretty terrified.

In fact Robin Roy is one very eager supporter of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign plane (rear) passes US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign plane as it lands in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 18, 2016.

A remote-controlled plane in the form of a witch flies over a neighborhood as the sun sets during Halloween in Encinitas, California, October 31,2016.

People watch from a terrace in the favela Mangueira as fireworks explode over the Maracana stadium during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 5.

Somali school girls play football during lunch break at the Howlwadag Primary School in Howlwadag District, south of Mogadishu, on October 5.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, rides a horse as he parades with his entourage and musicians on the streets of Kano, northern Nigeria on July 6 during the Durbar Festival.

People gather at a makeshift memorial on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, on July 17, in tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack that left 84 dead.

Migrants step over dead bodies while being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical miles north of Libya, on October 4.

A boy sits during a tribute to the players of Brazilian team Chapecoense Rea at the club's Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina on November 29.

The players were killed in a plane accident in the Colombian mountains.

Afghan five-year-old and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi wears a plastic bag jersey as he plays football in Jaghori district of Ghazni province on January 29.

A Turkish gendarme carries the body of a migrant child on beach in Canakkale's Bademli district on January 30 after a boat sank while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, and at least 33 migrants drowned.

France's Samir Ait Said reacts after injures his leg while competing in the qualifying for the men's vault event of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro on August 6.

David Cameron, pictured with his family, addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street on July 13, before going to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to The Queen.

People watch the Euro 2016 final match between Portugal and France on a giant screen near the Eiffel Tower, while Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo is evacuated on a stretcher after being injured, on July 10.

Syrian rescue workers and residents try to pull a man out from under the rubble of a building following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of Salhin in the northern city of Aleppo on March 11.

Oscar Pistorius' prosthetics lie on the floor as he walks on his amputated legs during argument in mitigation of sentence by his defense attorney Barry Roux in the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 15.