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November 26 , 2017


A Harz Narrow Gauge Railways

steam train pulls into Brocken

station in Wernigerode,

Germany on Nov. 26.

Lino Mirgeler / dpa via AFP -

Getty Images

Nov.26, 2017


The volcano spews ash on Nov. 26.Roni Bintang / EPA

Nov.26, 2017


Tourists take pictures in Datah, Karangasem on Bali.

Made Nagi / EPANov.26, 2017


Hindus leave Besakih Temple in

Karangasem, Bali.

The volcano's last major eruption in

1963 killed about 1,100 people.

Johannes Christo / ReutersNov.26, 2017


Hindus pray in Muntig village near Mount Agung in hopes of preventing further eruptions. Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.26, 2017


November 27 , 2017


Mount Agung volcano is seen spewing smoke and ash in Bali,

Indonesia. EMILIO KUZMA-FLOYD/via REUTERS

Nov.27, 2017


Villagers walk to pray near their make-shift shelter in a refugee camp due to the eruption of Mount Agung in Karangasem, Bali Resort island, Indonesia. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

Nov.27, 2017


Bali volcano alert raised to highest levelGlowing light of hot lava is seen during the eruption of Mount Agung as seen from Amed in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia.

REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

Nov.27, 2017


Balinese Hindus walk after

praying as Mount Agung volcano

erupts at Besakih Temple in

Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia.


Nov.27, 2017


Indonesia's Mount Agung volcano erupts

as fishermen pull a boat onto the beach

in Amed, Bali, Indonesia.

REUTERS/Petra Simkova

Nov.27, 2017


Indonesia's Mount Agung volcano erupts for a second time in less than a week as seen from the coastal town of Amed, in Bali, Indonesia. REUTERS/Petra Simkova

Nov.27, 2017


Indonesia's Mount Agung volcano

erupts as seen from Amed,


REUTERS/Jose Colreavy

Nov.27, 2017


Balinese sell produce at a streetside

market as Mount Agung volcano

erupts at Culik village market in



Nov.27, 2017


A tourist watches as Mount Agung

volcano erupts at Lempuyang Temple

in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia.

REUTERS/Johannes P. ChristoNov.27, 2017


Tourists watch the eruption of Mount

Agung at a restaurant on Jemeluk

Beach, Amed, Karangasem, Bali.

Antara Foto/Nyoman Budhiana/ via

REUTERS

Nov.27, 2017


Mount Agung volcano erupts as

seen from Culik Village,


Antara Foto/Nyoman Budhiana/ via

REUTERS

Nov.27, 2017


A farmer ploughs his field as Mount

Agung erupts in the background in

Culik Village, Karangasem, Bali,

Indonesia. Antara Foto/Nyoman

Budhiana/ via REUTERS

Nov.27, 2017


A view of Mount Agung volcano

erupting from Culik village in



Nov.27, 2017


Cooled lava is seen near the base of Mount Agung, in Bali. IkomangSumerta/via REUTERS

Nov.27, 2017

Muddy waters flow down river near Mount Agung, in Bali. I Wayan Widi Widiasa/via REUTERSDecember 16, 2017 Pictures of the day - Nov.26 - Nov.30, 2017 22

A bystander falls as Israeli police spray water during a demonstration by ultra-Orthodox Jews against the detention of members of their community who failed to report to a military recruiting office, in Jerusalem. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Nov.27, 2017


Venezuelan bullfighter Jose Enrique Colombo is tackled by a bull

during a bullfight at Peru's historic Plaza de Acho bullring in Lima,

Peru. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

Nov.27, 2017


A girl embraces Pope Francis as he

arrives at Yangon International

Airport, Myanmar. REUTERS/Max

Rossi

Nov.27, 2017


Children attend the wake of Rolando Arellano Campo and Sherwin Bitasinside a house two days after they were killed in a police operation captured on CCTV, in Tondo, Manila. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao

Nov.27, 2017


Sofia Ema, 8, waits for voters at

a polling station in Havana,

Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre

Meneghini

Nov.27, 2017


Firefighters douse a fire on buses, which according to local media were set ablaze by people after a girl was killed due to over speeding, along a road in Karachi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Nov.27, 2017


A member of Zimbabwe military chats with a local after the swearing in of Emmerson Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe's new president in Harare, Zimbabwe. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Nov.27, 2017


A man, opposing the protests by the far-right groups La Meute and Storm Alliance, throws a snowball during a demonstration in Quebec City, Canada. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

Nov.27, 2017


Planes fly over the circuit before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Nov.27, 2017


A white bronze turkey is seen amongst Norfolk black turkeys hatched in June and raised free range for Christmas are seen ready for market on David McEvoy's Turkey farm in Termonfeckin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Nov.27, 2017


Calgary Stampeders running back Jerome Messam scores a touchdown against the Toronto Argonauts during the first half of the Grey Cup in Ottawa, Canada. Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports

Nov.27, 2017


Migrants arrive at a naval base after they were rescued by Libyan coastal guards in Tripoli, Libya. REUTERS/Hani AmaraNov.27, 2017


Members of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) look out from a tent as they wait to take part in the celebrations marking the 69th anniversary of the creation of the NCC, in Kolkata, India. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Nov.27, 2017


A Rohingya refugee boy is engulfed

by smoke at Roikhong refugee

settlement, near Cox's Bazar,

Bangladesh. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.27, 2017


Samoa's Jordan Lay in action during the scrum against England. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Nov.27, 2017


People dressed in the historic uniforms of the French army take part in a re-enactment of the 1812 Battle of Berezina, to mark the 205th anniversary of the battle, near the village of Bryli, Belarus. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Nov.27, 2017


SOUTH AFRICAN CROWNED MISS UNIVERSE

Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters reacts as Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere arrives to crown her. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Nov.27, 2017


Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters reacts as she is crowned by Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere during the 66th Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Nov.27, 2017


Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters reacts after being crowned Miss Universe. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Nov.27, 2017


Steve Harvey hosts the 66th Miss Universe pageant. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Nov.27, 2017


Contestants are shown in swimsuits during the 66th Miss Universe pageant. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Nov.27, 2017


Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere (L) of France makes a final walk before the crowning of a new Miss Universe. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Nov.27, 2017


PRINCE HARRY TO MARRY MEGHAN MARKLE

Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Nov.27, 2017


Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleNov.27, 2017


Prince Harry walks with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Nov.27, 2017


Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Nov.27, 2017


Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleNov.27, 2017


Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle walk away after their engagement photo session in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace in London on Nov. 27. Rumors of a royal engagement have been swirling since the couple made their first appearance together in September at the Invictus Games, Prince Harry's sporting tournament for injured or sick veterans. The wedding will take place in the spring.Neil Hall / EPA

Nov.27, 2017


The official White House Christmas tree is seen from the Cross Hall of the White House. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMASNov.27, 2017


First lady Melania Trump greets school children as she tours the holiday decorations at the White House. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Nov.27, 2017


First lady Melania Trump greets school children as she tours the holiday decorations. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Nov.27, 2017


Christmas decor adorns Grand Foyer. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Nov.27, 2017


Christmas decor adorns Red Room. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Nov.27, 2017


BALLERINAS KICK OFF CHRISTMAS AT THE WHITE

HOUSEby ASSOCIATED PRESS

More than 150 volunteers from 29 states spent 1,600 hours over the holiday weekend decking the White

House halls.

Ballet dancers perform as first lady Melania Trump begins a tour of the

holiday decorations with reporters at the White House on Nov. 27.Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Nov.27, 2017


Ballerinas perform before the

tour begins.

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Nov.27, 2017


The first lady's theme is "Time-Honored Traditions," a nod to 200 years of holiday celebrations at the executive mansion.Above: The Cross HallCarolyn Kaster / AP

Nov.27, 2017


Melania Trump walks through Christmas decorations in the East Wing.Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty ImagesNov.27, 2017


A portrait of Abraham Lincoln hangs in the State Dining Room.Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.27, 2017


Egypt AttackPeople take part during a candlelight vigil as they hold national flag for victims of a Friday mosque attack at the Journalists Syndicate, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Friday's assault was Egypt's deadliest attack by Islamic extremists in the country's modern history, a grim milestone in a long-running fight against an insurgency led by a local affiliate of the Islamic State group.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Nov.27, 2017


Bangladesh Myanmar RohingyaA Rohingya Muslim boy carries concrete

cylindrical material used to build latrines in

Jamtoli refugee camp on Monday, Nov. 27,

2017, in Bangladesh. Since late August, more

than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's

Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh,

where they are living in squalid refugee

camps. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Nov.27, 2017


Myanmar Pope AsiaEthnic Kachin Catholic devotees gather along a

road to see Pope Francis Monday, Nov. 27, 2017,

in Yangon, Myanmar ahead of his arrival. Pope

Francis begins a six-day visit to Myanmar and

Bangladesh on Monday. (AP Photo/Gemunu

Amarasinghe)

Nov.27, 2017


Bangladesh Myanmar RohingyaRohingya Muslim men gather in an open field for

an evening of sporting activities in Jamtoli refugee

camp in Bangladesh on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.

Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya

have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into

neighboring Bangladesh, where they are living in

squalid refugee camps. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Nov.27, 2017


Bangladesh Myanmar RohingyaRohingya Muslim children are silhouetted against

the dusk sky in Jamtoli refugee camp on Monday,

Nov. 27, 2017, in Bangladesh. Since late August,

more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's

Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, where

they are living in squalid refugee camps. (AP

Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Nov.27, 2017


Reuters / Monday, November 27, 2017Rohingya refugee Amina Khatun, 55, rests at the bank of the Naf river after crossing it on an improvised raft to reach Bangladesh, in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Two of her sons were killed by gun fire when her village was attacked by Myanmar military, she says. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.27, 2017


TrumpPresident Donald Trump, standing left, holds up the card of Navajo Code Talker Thomas Begay, center, during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Navajo Code Talkers Fleming Begaye Sr., seated, Peter MacDonald speaks at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Nov.27, 2017


Honduras ElectionsFormer Hondura's President

Jose Manuel Zelaya greets

supporters of opposition

Alliance presidential

candidate Salvador Nasralla

chant slogans in front of the

Supreme Electoral Tribunal in

Tegucigalpa, Honduras,

Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Early

results from Honduras'

presidential election Monday

showed leftist challenger

Salvador Nasralla with a

surprise lead over incumbent

President Juan Orlando

Hernandez, both of whom had

claimed victory. (AP

Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Nov.27, 2017


Honduras ElectionsOpposition Alliance presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla, center, talks to the press after a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Hondurans waited anxiously with no results released hours after polls closed for Sunday's presidential election, while both the president and his main challenger claimed victory after what appeared to be a heavy turnout by voters. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Nov.27, 2017


Horse RescueA Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter carries a horse to Bowen Ranch in rural Apple Valley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. San Bernardino County firefighters, with assistance from the LAFD helicopter, rescued the horse from Deep Creek. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)

Nov.27, 2017


China Daily LifeA man looks out of a window of a crowded bus during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Nov.27, 2017


Mexico Cirque Du SoleilAn acrobat from Cirque du

Soleil rehearses for the show

titled in Spanish "Soda Stereo

Septimo Dia, No descansare,"

or Soda Stereo Seventh Day, I

Won't Rest, in Mexico City,

Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Cirque

Du Soleil's show is inspired by

the music from the Argentine

band Soda Stereo. (AP

Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Nov.27, 2017


Zhou Xinci left her hometown in China’s struggling rust belt four years ago for Beijing with little more than the clothes on her back and a dream to one day save enough money to buy a home.


That dream is now fast unraveling as Zhou, 35, watches as her neighbors —other low-income Chinese migrants like her — are being hurriedly evicted from their homes on the outskirts of the capital by the government.

A man looks outside the window of an apartment where migrant workers stayed in the outskirts of Beijing Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017

Authorities in Beijing have launched sweeping evictions of workers who have migrated from elsewhere in the country, triggering a public outcry over the treatment of people the city depends on to build skyscrapers, care for children and take on other lowly paid work.

Zhou, whose husband is a factory worker in Beijing, knows their family will soon be next and wonders how they will stay in the city and keep their 9-year-old son safe and in school.

“They are chasing people away from apartments and smashing things. How wouldn’t a child be scared? My son is scared and can’t sleep at night, of course I’m scared too,” she said.


Zhou Xinci, a migrant from Heilongjiang, talks about her fears of being evicted in her rented apartment in the outskirts of Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017


Zhou Xinci, right, a migrant from Heilongjiang, talks about her fears of being evicted, as her son sits at left, in the outskirts of Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017


A graduation photo and certificate is displayed in the home of Zhou Xinci in her rented apartment in the outskirts of Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017

Her family now pays 400 yuan ($60) a month to rent a single room big enough for their bed, a wardrobe, television set and refrigerator. But with soaring rents and rising discrimination against migrant workers, she says it will be impossible to find another room.

“They say Beijing people will feel heartache if they lose a dog,” Zhou said. “We are living people. How could they treat us like this?”

Workers interviewed by the AP say whole families have been evicted, often with little notice, leaving them scrambling to transport their belongings in the freezing weather. Many have had to pile their furniture, bags, bedding, clothes and other items into overloaded pickup trucks and vans, discarding kitchenware and other belongings that wouldn’t fit.


Workers load kitchen equipment near propaganda slogans at left that read: "Carry forward righteousness, Differentiate right and wrong, Fully support eviction work" onto a truck from a restaurant that's closed by the eviction in the outskirts of Beijing Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017


“They called us at 5 a.m. and by 8 a.m. they had arrived with demolition equipment,” said Bi Yan’ao, a 54-year-old migrant worker who has lived in Beijing for 13 years, describing what it was like to have to move out of his apartment in Daxing in just a few hours last week, clutching his belongings.

“In just one hour, they flattened a 100-meter (330-foot) -long stretch of land. How scary is that.”

After that, Bi went to work with his relative at a shop selling cosmetics, but then they were told this week they had a couple of days to move out. On Monday evening, Bi stood in the store surveying the piles of boxes of merchandise around him, at a loss for what to do. He teared up.

Nov.27, 2017


The owner of a cosmetic shop holds his grandchild near sale notices as he tries to sell his wares before leaving the outskirts of Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017


“I want to cry,” he said. “I don’t have anything left now.”

Last week, the city launched a 40-day campaign to clear out tenants from buildings deemed unsafe after a massive fire killed 19 people at apartments rented mainly by low-income Chinese migrant workers.

The eviction drive has been met with widespread anger and criticism online, with people saying it has laid bare the stark inequality in China that prevents poorer migrants who provide essential services in cities from enjoying the same status as the cities’ residents. Under China’s much-criticized household registration, or “hukou,” system, Chinese migrant workers who can’t obtain “hukou” in the cities they work in are often denied access to subsidized health care, education and social services.

Nov.27, 2017


A man prepares to haul away boxes in the darkened corridor of an apartment block where migrant workers lived in the outskirts of Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017

Most tenants living in such homes on the outskirts of the city are factory workers, construction laborers, delivery people, drivers, cleaners, or hairdressers who come from poorer parts of China. Others run their own small wholesale businesses and shops selling cheap goods. Some have lived for years in the city with their children.

Along the same street that Bi was on, the owner of a luggage store described a similar experience, saying officials came and told her family to leave within days before the area was to be sealed off and demolished.

“People have feelings, we cannot accept this, to be asked to leave suddenly,” said the store owner, who gave only her surname, Yang. “We’ve lived in Beijing for a long time and it’s not about how much contribution we’ve made. In the end, we’ve ended up with not even a place to live, I feel sad. So deeply sad.”


A worker loads kitchen equipment near propaganda slogans, left, that read: "Uphold righteousness, Differentiate right and wrong, Fully support eviction work," onto a truck from a restaurant that's closed by the eviction in the outskirts of Beijing Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Authorities in Beijing have been evicting domestic migrant workers from the capital in droves, triggering a public outcry over the harsh treatment of people the city depends on to build their skyscrapers, care for their children and take on other lowly-paid work. Road sign in red reads: "Stop." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017


A group of intellectuals signing an open letter to the central government urging the city to stop the evictions and provide temporary housing for the migrants.

One of the signatories, independent political commentator Zhang Lifan, said anger over the evictions showed that rapid economic growth has resulted in a massive accumulation of wealth and also rising inequality and a sense of unfairness.

Zhang said many Chinese were quick to extend a hand to displaced migrants because they too had once been in their shoes, having worked their way up the socio-economic ladder to secure a decent middle-class life.

Nov.27, 2017


A couple of migrant workers prepare to leave their apartment ahead of an eviction deadline in the outskirts of Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017

“When they saw that the migrants

had been evicted, they realized that similar tragedies could have happened to them,” Zhang said.

In the wake of the evictions, individuals and organizations have offered to help displaced migrants with free accommodation.

Wang Qi, an employee of a real-estate company in Langfang, a nearby city in Hebei province, said it would provide apartments as temporary homes for the migrant workers free of charge for up to three months. A posting online describing the offer said priority would be given to the sick, elderly and pregnant.


A migrant shop owner looks through her mobile phone for online video of recent evictions as she stands in the middle of of her store in Beijing Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Authorities in Beijing have been evicting domestic migrant workers from the capital in droves, triggering a public outcry over the harsh treatment of people the city depends on to build their skyscrapers, care for their children and take on other lowly-paid work. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017

“Our boss himself was once a migrant worker in Beijing,” Wang said. “But now that he has become wealthier, he wants to help out.”

The Beijing Work Safety Administration has denied that the campaign is aimed at driving out low-income migrants, saying it covers unsafe housing across the city.

The Nov. 18 fire in Daxingdistrict that killed 19 people, including eight children, was a “very painful” lesson for the government, and the cleanup campaign was aimed at not allowing such a tragedy to be repeated, a statement on the administration’s website said.


Migrant workers pack their belongings onto a truck as they leave from the outskirts of Beijing Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Authorities in Beijing have been evicting domestic migrant workers from the capital in droves, triggering a public outcry over the harsh treatment of people the city depends on to build their skyscrapers, care for their children and take on other lowly-paid work. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nov.27, 2017


It acknowledged that the evictions have caused “temporary difficulties” to people who have had to leave at short notice and it pledged to fix such problems.

The Beijing city government said last year it plans to cap the city’s population at 23 million by 2020 and cut by 15 percent the number of people in six main districts.

China Labor Bulletin spokesman Geoffrey Crothall says the evictions are part of an ongoing effort by the government to redevelop land and capitalize on rising land prices. With the evictions, the government is effectively driving out the backbone of the city’s labor force, Crothall said.

“Beijing needs migrant workers to do all the low-cost efficient service jobs that middle-class Beijingers depend upon,” said Crothall. “But if you push them out of the city altogether, then there is going to be no one to do those jobs.”

TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY, BEIJING EVICTIONS OF MIGRANT WORKERS STIR WIDESPREAD ANGER, BY EMILY WANG AND YI-LING LIU.

LIU REPORTED FROM HONG KONG. ASSOCIATED PRESS RESEARCHERS YU BING AND SHANSHAN WANG CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT.

PHOTOS BY NG HAN GUAN

Nov.27, 2017


Indian police guide elephants to demolish huts which forest officials claimed were illegally built at the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in Guwahati, India on Nov. 27. The police took the unusual step of using elephants in an attempt to evict hundreds of people living illegally in a protected forest area in the country's remote northeast.Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters

Nov.27, 2017


India Elephant EvictorsAn elephant is used to demolish a house during an eviction drive inside Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Indian police on Monday took the unusual step of using elephants in an attempt to evict hundreds of people living illegally in the protected forest area in the country's remote northeast. Police used bulldozers and the elephants in a show of force, and the forest dwellers responded by hurling rocks. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Nov.27, 2017


November 28 , 2017


Supporters storm gates during Kenya’s presidential inauguration

by NBC NEWS-28Supporters of President Kenyatta clashed with police as they tried to

force their way into the stadium for his second-term inauguration.

.Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta waves as he arrives for his inauguration ceremony at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi on Nov. 28.

Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term in what some hoped would be the end of months of election turmoil, which Kenyatta said stretched the country "almost to the breaking point."

Baz Ratner / Reuters

Nov.28, 2017


.Kenyatta views a military procession before taking the oath of office.An election victory in August was overturned by the Supreme Court, forcing him to face a re-run that was boycotted by the opposition.Simon Maina / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.28, 2017


A police officer stands next to Kenyatta supporters lying unconscious after being beaten by police when they tried to storm the gates of the stadium.

Ben Curtis / AP

Nov.28, 2017


Kenyatta waves to supporters.

Simon Maina / AFP - Getty ImagesNov.28, 2017


People fall as police fire tear gas to control a crowd trying to force their way into the stadium.

Baz Ratner / Reuters

Nov.28, 2017


A woman puts her hands up as riot police search for opposition supporters who had taken cover in a shack to escape teargas during clashes in the Umoja suburb of Nairobi on Nov. 28.Tony Karumba / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.28, 2017


Peru’s abundant ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization

From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six centuries ago.

Like many people in modern-day Peru, Rojas was born and raised among Incan sites that were built before the Spanish colonized South America.


Now 26, she recalls treasure hunting as a child — hiding away pieces of ceramic pots, textile scraps and even human bones.

“Lima is full of places like this,” she said.

The pyramid is just one of thousands of historic sites, or “huacas,” that are being crowded out or destroyed as roads, schools, residential neighborhoods and stadiums are built to meet the population’s growing demands.

High-rise apartment buildings tower around one site. Highway traffic barrels through a pair of tunnels newly burrowed under an adobe palace at a 900-year-old cemetery.


Puruchuco, pre-Columbian archeological site, Ate district of Lima, Peru.

One of the few well-preserved pyramids sits across from the mansion of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, highlighting the creeping pace of urbanization in Peru’s bustling capital.

An estimated 46,000 pre-colonial sites dot Peru’s landscape. About 400 of them are in Lima, which is home to the biggest number of pre-colonial archaeological zones of any city in South America.

Yet Peru spends only enough to protect just 1 percent of those sites, according to official data, leaving hundreds of ruins abandoned or relegated to becoming public trash dumps.December 16, 2017 Pictures of the day - Nov.26 - Nov.30, 2017 100

Puruchuco, pre-Columbian archeological site, Ate district, Lima, Peru.

“Since the founding of Lima, there has been no relationship between the people and the huacas, beyond seeing them as mounds of earth or places to search for treasures,” Lima-based archaeologist Hector Walde said.

He spoke while excavating carefully at a 3,500-year-old temple that has walls painted with ancient reliefs depicting mythological animals.

Lima’s first urban explosion in the 20th century was accompanied by large-scale destruction of pre-colonial sites. The walls of one temple were pulverized to make bricks for new homes beginning in the 1980s, while around that time guerrillas used dynamite to attack an electric tower standing on a pyramid.December 16, 2017 Pictures of the day - Nov.26 - Nov.30, 2017 101

Pucllana, pre-Columbian archeological site, Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.

Today, a small group of archeologists and officials are stepping up efforts to reverse course and preserve sites being squeezed by urban sprawl.“The idea is for Peruvians to feel that heritage is something that is enjoyed,” Deputy Minister of Heritage Jorge Arrunategui told The Associated Press.A public awareness campaign he has helped lead since July grants free admission to related museums and dozens of archaeological sites across the country, with the hope of reconnecting Peruvians with their heritage.The campaign to bring new protections hasn’t brought a heated debate over what needs to be done.


La Luz, pre-Columbian archeological site, Lima, Peru.

Officials say a new antiquities law will preserve the nation’s cultural legacy by giving historical sites stronger legal protections. Activists fear it will diminish protections for thousands of sites because the law affects only those designated as archaeologically significant by Peru’s minister of heritage.

The push to save the country’s rich heritage also has not been widely embraced by everyday Peruvians. They sometimes take their ancient culture for granted, having lived their entire lives alongside the huacas — an indigenous Quechua word meaning “oracle” or “sacred place.”

Krzysztof Makowski, a University of Warsaw archaeologist who has led excavations in Peru for 30 years, said it will take more than money to protect the sites.


Pucllana, pre-Columbian archeological

site, Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.

“Museums have to investigate, and the same goes for

universities,” Makowski said. “When you have those people interested, it is easier to protect the heritage.”Like many people in Lima desperate for a place to raise her family, Rojas’ mother built her small home in 1985 where she could find a spot. It is next to a 2,100-year-old complex of buildings and pyramids once used as a center for religious and burial ceremonies.They vowed to care for the site, which has been challenging. Rojas recalled once finding a body dumped among the ruins. She has also seen people shooting guns into its walls as target practice.“Most people do not know how dangerous it is to care for a huaca,” Rojas said. “You have to face land traffickers, thieves and bad people. The worst part is that the state never recognizes or thanks you.”December 16, 2017 Pictures of the day - Nov.26 - Nov.30, 2017 104

Pucllana, pre-Columbian archeological site, Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.December 16, 2017 Pictures of the day - Nov.26 - Nov.30, 2017 105

Limatambo, pre-Columbian archeological site, Lima, Peru.


Pachacamac, pre-Columbian archeological site, Lurin district, Lima, Peru.December 16, 2017 Pictures of the day - Nov.26 - Nov.30, 2017 107

Huantinamarca pre-Columbian archeological site, along Pacifico Avenue in Lima, Peru.December 16, 2017 Pictures of the day - Nov.26 - Nov.30, 2017 108

Huantille, re-Columbian archeological site,

Cercado de Lima area of Lima, Peru.


Pucllana, pre-Columbian

archeological site, Miraflores

district of Lima, Peru.

TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY, PERU’S ABUNDANT RUINS FEEL THE SQUEEZE OF URBANIZATION, BY FRANKLIN BRICEÑO AND RODRIGO ABD.

PHOTOS BY RODRIGO ABD


FROM BACKYARD GIANT TO MIDTOWN JEWEL: JOURNEY OF THE ROCK CENTER CHRISTMAS

TREEby NBC NEWS-28

Now that it's up and has its star, somebody just needs to flip the switch.

Thousands will crowd the sidewalks of New York City as the 2017 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit for the first time on Wednesday.Here's a look at the transformation as a tree from humble roots becomes an international Christmas symbol.Above: A crane stands beside this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 75-foot Norway Spruce in the yard of Jason Perrin in State College, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 9.Gene J. Puskar / AP

Nov.28, 2017


The 12-ton tree is moved to a flatbed truck after being cut down.Gene J. Puskar / AP

Nov.28, 2017


The tree arrives in Rockefeller Plaza on Nov. 11.Stephanie Keith / Getty ImagesNov.28, 2017


It is the 86th Christmas tree to grace the plaza.Stephanie Keith / Getty Images

Nov.28, 2017


A crane hoists the tree upright.Stephanie Keith / Getty Images

Nov.28, 2017


Workers secure the Swarovski Star before it is raised to the top of the tree on Nov. 16.Angela Weiss / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.28, 2017


The star is comprised of 25,000 crystals with one million facets.

Astrid Stawiarz / Getty ImagesNov.28, 2017


Adorned with more than 50,000 multi-colored lights, the tree will be on display until Jan. 7, 2018.

Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

Nov.28, 2017


Construction workers line up for pay beside the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 1931. St. Patrick's Cathedral is visible in the background on Fifth Avenue.The plaza's first tree was put up by workers building the complex during the Great Depression. The first official tree lighting was in 1933.

Nov.28, 2017


A man washes a blanket on the banks of the Tawi River in Jammu. REUTERS/MukeshGupta

Nov.28, 2017


Angus Young holds a guitar as the casket of his brother AC/DC co-founder and guitarist Malcolm Young is carried to a hearse following his funeral at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. AP/Dean Lewins/via REUTERS

Nov.28, 2017


Laundry is seen hanging on the windows of a residential building in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Nov.28, 2017


A helicopter is used to transport freshly harvested Christmas trees to destinations across the United States in Sheridan, Oregon. REUTERS/Natalie Behring

Nov.28, 2017


A couple leave with their belongings after they were required to move out due to a citywide fire safety inspection prompted by a deadly fire in an apartment block, at Xinjiancun in Daxing district, in Beijing. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Nov.28, 2017


A senior citizen receives makeovers and beauty care at a beauty salon of Jacques Janine, to boost her self esteem, an event organized by ProjetoVelho Amigo NGO with 90 women that live at nursing homes, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Nov.28, 2017


U.S. Senator Al Franken leaves after speaking to the media outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Nov.28, 2017


Acting Chancellor Angela Merkel and deputy leader of Christian

Democratic Union Julia Kloeckner attend a party meeting at the

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Nov.28, 2017


A view of the partially empty Barrios de Luna reservoir, that is at 4.22 percent of its capacity according to the Duero Hydrographic Confederation, in Minera de Luna, near Leon, north of Spain. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

Nov.28, 2017


A migrant girl waits with her family before their voluntary return to their country, at a detention center in Tripoli, Libya. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Nov.28, 2017


Afghan National Army (ANA) prepare for an operation against insurgents in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Parwiz

Nov.28, 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, November 28, 2017A forensics officer carries equipment following an operation in which Greek security services raided Athens apartments and found bomb-making equipment, detaining nine people on suspected links to a leftist militant group outlawed in Turkey, in Athens, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Nov.28, 2017


Smoke rises from burning tires during

clashes between police and supporters

of Kenyan opposition National Super

Alliance (NASA) in Nairobi, Kenya.

REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Nov.28, 2017


People fall as police fire tear gas to try control a crowd trying to force their way into a stadium to attend the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Nov.28, 2017


Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta

waves upon his arrival to his

inauguration ceremony where he

will be sworn in as president at

Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.

REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Nov.28, 2017


Pope Francis and Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attend a meeting with members of the civil society and diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. REUTERS/SoeZeya Tun

Nov.28, 2017


POPE VISITS MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH

Myanmar�s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi applauds next to Pope Francis as they attend a meeting with members of the civil society and diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Nov.28, 2017


Pope Francis and Myanmar�s

President Htin Kyaw talk during

their meeting at the Presidential

Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar

November 28, 2017.

REUTERS/Max Rossi

Nov.28, 2017


A Catholic woman prays at St. Anthony church on the eve of the mass of Pope Francis in Yangon, Myanmar November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Nov.28, 2017


Pope Francis receives a bag as a gift as he arrives with Myanmar�s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi for a meeting with members of the civil society and diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Nov.28, 2017


Catholic women pray at St. Anthony church on the eve of the mass of Pope Francis in Yangon, Myanmar November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Nov.28, 2017


Pope Francis rubs his eyes as he arrives with Myanmar�s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi for a meeting with members of the civil society and diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Nov.28, 2017


Pope Francis meets the Religious Leaders of Myanmar in the Archbishop's House in Yangon, Myanmar November 28, 2017. Osservatore Romano/Handout via Reuters

Nov.28, 2017


Pope Francis attends a welcome

ceremony with Myanmar�s

President Htin Kyaw at the

Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw,

Myanmar November 28, 2017.

REUTERS/Max Rossi

Nov.28, 2017


People line the street as they await the arrival of Pope Francis in Yangon, Myanmar November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Nov.27, 2017


Indonesia Bali VolcanoSchool students stand on a truck as their transport to go to school with the Mount Agung volcano spews smoke and ash in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Indonesia authorities raised the alert for the rumbling volcano to highest level on Monday and closed the international airport on the tourist island of Bali stranding some thousands of travellers.(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Nov.28, 2017


Villagers watch a river overflowing with water mixed with volcanic ash during the eruption of Mount Agung in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

Nov.28, 2017


Mount Agung volcano erupts as seen from

Kubu, Karangasem Regency, Bali,

Indonesia. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Nov.28, 2017


INSIDE THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMPS

Rohingya refugee children use water containers to play at Kutupalong refugee camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.28, 2017


Rohingya refugees scuffle as they wait to receive relief aid at

Kutupalong refugee camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November

28, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.28, 2017


A Rohingya refugee boy flies a

make-shift kite down a hill at

Kutupalong refugee camp, near

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh,

November 28, 2017.

REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.28, 2017


Rohingya refugees scuffle as they wait to

receive relief aid at Kutupalong refugee

camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh,

November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Susana VeraNov.28, 2017


A Rohingya refugee boy serves a

customer at Kutupalong refugee

camp, near Cox's Bazar,

Bangladesh, November 28, 2017.

REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.28, 2017


Rohingya refugees cross two bridges at

Kutupalong refugee camp, near Cox's

Bazar, Bangladesh, November 28, 2017.

REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.28, 2017


A Rohingya refugee puts her baby through a bamboo fence as she waits to receive relief aid at Kutupalong refugee camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.28, 2017


Rohingya refugee children attend class at Long Beach Primary

School at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh,

November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.22, 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, November 28, 2017Students from the General Yermolov Cadet School attend a military tactical exercise on the ground, which includes intrenchmenttraining, forest survival studies and other activities, outside the southern city of Stavropol, Russia. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko

Nov.28, 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, November 28, 2017Aspiring British actor KadianNoble, who has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein in New York federal court accusing the movie producer of sex trafficking by inviting her to a hotel room in France and sexually assaulting her, cries as she speaks at a news conference in New York City. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Nov.28, 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, November 28, 2017President Trump, flanked by an empty chair marked for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who chose not to meet with Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), speaks with reporters at the White House. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Nov.28, 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, November 28, 2017A member of the wingsuit flyers duo, known as the Soul Flyers, is seen in mid-air as he catches up and flies into the open door of Pilatus Porter plane, piloted by Philippe Bouvier, after B.A.S.E. jumping off the Jungfrau mountain, 4158 meters, in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, October 13, 2017. French athletes Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet had 2.45 minutes and a free fall distance of 3200 meters to complete their project "Door In The Sky", coordinated by Yves Rossy know as the "Jetman". Thibault Gachet/ via REUTERS

Nov.28, 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, November 28, 2017Actors Molly Hanson (L) and Marlon Moore pose for a photograph in St George's Hall, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Britain. Windsor Castle will host a new immersive production of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', which will be staged in the Castle's State Apartments this festive season. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

Nov.28, 2017


The Soyuz rocket carrying Russia's Meteor-M 2-1 weather satellite lifts off from the launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East on Nov. 28.The weather satellite and nearly 20 micro-satellites from various nations failed to enter their designated orbits following the launch, another blow to the nation's space program. Russia's Roscosmos space agency said it's trying to determine what happened.Month in Space Pictures: A fireball from beyond and a storm on Jupiter

Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.28, 2017


November 29 , 2017


NORTH KOREA'S LATEST MISSILE TEST

Reuters / Wednesday, November 29, 2017A view of the newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15 that was successfully launched, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 30, 2017. North Korea said it successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday in a "breakthrough" that puts the U.S. mainland within range of its nuclear weapons whose warheads could withstand re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere. REUTERS/KCNA

Nov.29, 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, November 29, 2017North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is seen as the newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15 was successfully launched. North Korea's first missile test since mid-September came a week after U.S. President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a U.S. list of countries it says support terrorism, allowing it to impose more sanctions. REUTERS/KCNA

Nov.29, 2017


A view of the Hwasong-15's test. State media said the missile was launched from a newly developed vehicle and that the warhead could withstand the pressure of re-entering the atmosphere. REUTERS/KCNA

Nov.29, 2017


North Korea said the new missile reached an altitude of about 4,475 km (2,780 miles) - more than 10 times the height of the International Space Station - and flew 950 km (590 miles) during its 53-minute flight. REUTERS/KCNA

Nov.29, 2017


People watch a television broadcast of a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed close to Japan, in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Nov.29, 2017


South Korea's Hyunmoo II missile is fired during an exercise at an undefined location in the east coast of South Korea. The DefenceMinistry/Yonhap via REUTERS

Nov.29, 2017


The Souyz-2 spacecraft with Meteor-M satellite

and 18 additional small satellites launches

from Russia's new Vostochny cosmodrome,

near the town of Tsiolkovsky in Amur region,

Russia. REUTERS/Stringer

Nov.29, 2017


Workers level a salt pan in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

Nov.29, 2017


A masked protestor holds a smoke bomb during a strike by taxi drivers to protest what they say is unfair competition from new car sharing companies such as Uber and Cabify, in Madrid , Spain. REUTERS/Juan Medina

Nov.29, 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, November 29, 2017Israeli police surround a structure as an Israeli settler stands atop the structure near an Israeli flag and a banner, in the Netiv Haavot neighbourhood in the West Bank settlement of Elazar, which is slated for demolition by March 2018. The Hebrew writing on the banner reads: "I'm at military reserve duty" REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Nov.29, 2017


Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad, India. REUTERS/CathalMcNaughton

Nov.29, 2017


Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead a mass at Kyite Ka San Football Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Nov.29, 2017


A man wades in the sea as a tiger shark swims past, in Miami Beach, U.S., in this still image taken from a drone. Kenny Melendez @AERODRONEMEDIA/via REUTERS

Nov.29, 2017


People walk past an Orthodox church after a service marking the first day of the Nativity Fast, in Minsk, Belarus. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Nov.29, 2017


An army dog stands up as retiring soldiers salute their guard post before retirement in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

Nov.29, 2017


A family visits the a makeshift tribute made with flags and notes to the 44 crew members of the missing submarine at the Argentina Navy base at Mar del Plata, Argentina on Nov. 29, 2017. Arduin Mauricio / EPA

Nov.29, 2017


The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is adorned with more than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights after the tree-lighting ceremony on Nov. 29.Diane Bondareff / AP Images for TishmanSpeyer

Nov.29, 2017


A man works in an office during the tree-lighting ceremony.Carlo Allegri / Reuters

Nov.29, 2017


Members of the Mona Shores High School choir stand in the "Singing Christmas Tree" during a dress rehearsal at the Frauenthal Center in Muskegon, Mich. on Nov. 29. The 67-foot steel tree holds 240 of the choir members. The choir quickly sold out their four shows this weekend.Joel Bissell / Muskegon Chronicle via AP

Nov.29, 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, November 29, 2017A supporter of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, jumps on images of President and National Party presidential candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez, in flames, as he waits for official presidential election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Nov.29, 2017


Greek police use teargas against protesters outside a court in Athens on Nov. 29, as they try to halt dozens of planned foreclosure auctions of property. The foreclosure auctions are a key condition of the country's international bailout but have been repeatedly disrupted by leftist activists who say they are unfair and target the poor.Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.29, 2017


A competitor races in the second stage of the Marathon des Sables going through Peru's Ica desert between Coyungo and Samaca on Nov. 29. The over 150-mile race is divided into six stages through the desert ending on Dec. 4.

Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.29, 2017


Mike Stone prints copies of the president and vice president's official photographs at the Government Publishing Office in Washington on Nov. 29. The portraits will be hung in more than 1,600 federal buildings.Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA

Nov.29, 2017


November 30 , 2017


President Trump points to a large "Merry Christmas" card on the stage as he arrives to deliver remarks on tax reform in St. Louis, Missouri. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Nov.30, 2017


French President Emmanuel

Macron delivers a speech

during the inauguration

ceremony of the solar energy

power plant in Zaktubi, near

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool

Nov.30, 2017


A wartime commander of Bosnian Croat forces, Slobodan Praljak, is seen during a hearing at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands. ICTY via REUTERS TV

Nov.30, 2017


A police trooper mans a machine gun mounted on a patrol truck at the site of a car bomb attack outside the Finance Ministry offices in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen. REUTERS/FawazSalman

Nov.30, 2017


People skate on the ice rink at Somerset House in London, Britain. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Nov.30, 2017


A porter sleeps on a stairway at a wholesale market in Bengaluru, India. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

Nov.30, 2017


A man uses a torch burner during a procession to celebrate the birth of Prophet Mohammad in Benghazi, Libya. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Nov.30, 2017


Demonstrators scuffle with riot police officers during a protest against home auctions in Thessaloniki, Greece. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

Nov.30, 2017


A man dressed as Santa Claus buys a ticket at the Christmas market in Innsbruck, Austria. REUTERS/Leonhard Foege

Nov.30, 2017


United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks with Chinese Deputy UN Ambassador Wu Haitao after a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss a North Korean missile launch at UN headquarters in New York. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Nov.30, 2017


A block of ice broken off from Grey glacier floats at the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. REUTERS/Stringer

Nov.30, 2017


British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with soldiers at the Combined Joint Operations Centre (CJOC) in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool

Nov.30, 2017


A Rohingya refugee gets a shave at a

barber shop at Balukhali refugee

camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

REUTERS/Susana Vera

Nov.30, 2017


A 16-year-old homeless, Leticia Da Silva, looks at the camera as she rests inside her tent on the street in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Leticia said she has been living on the streets for three years. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Nov.30, 2017


Workers wrap freshly harvested Christmas trees at Wick Farm in Colchester, Britain. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Nov.30, 2017


Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on the U.S. economic outlook, before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Nov.30, 2017


Catholic faithful waits for Pope

Francis at Yangon International

Airport in Yangon, Myanmar

November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Soe

Zeya Tun

Nov.30, 2017


A woman waves to Pope Francis as he travels to the airport in Yangon, Myanmar November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Nov.30, 2017


Pope Francis attends a welcome

ceremony with the President of

Bangladesh Abdul Hamid (R) after

arriving at the airport in Dhaka,

Bangladesh November 30, 2017.

Osservatore Romano/Handout via

Reuters

Nov.30, 2017


Pope Francis looks from inside his car after arriving to Dhaka, Bangladesh November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Nov.30, 2017


Bangladesh's President Abdul Hamid

exchange gifts with Pope Francis at

the presidential palace in Dhaka,

Bangladesh November 30, 2017.

Osservatore Romano/Handout via

REUTERS

Nov.30, 2017


Pope Francis plants a tree during his visit to the National Martyrs' memorial of Bangladesh in Savar, Bangladesh, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Vincenzo Pinto/Pool

Nov.30, 2017


Pope Francis lays a floral wreath at

the National Martyrs' memorial of

Bangladesh in Savar, some 30 km

from Dhaka, Bangladesh November

30, 2017. REUTERS/Munir Uz

Zaman/Pool

Nov.30, 2017


BALI VOLCANO ERUPTS

A tourist from Russia poses while

a friend takes her photograph

with Mount Agung volcano

erupting in the background from

Amed, Karangasem Regency,

Bali, Indonesia. REUTERS/Darren

Whiteside

Nov.30, 2017


Ash covers trees after Mount Agungerupted in Bali, Indonesia. INSTAGRAM/@SANG_PETUAL4NG /via REUTERS

Nov.30, 2017


Lava, inside the crater of Mount Agung volcano, reflects off ash and clouds, while it erupts, as seen from Amed, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Picture taken with long exposure. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Nov.30, 2017


Tourists watch as Mount Agung spews ash in Karangasem on the Indonesian island of Bali on Nov. 30. The compelling impulse to see an aggressive and majestic show of nature, and to record an uncontrollable force, is motivating some visitors to the tropical island to stick around for a while rather than just head for the nearest airport. The airport, shut for 2 1/2 days due to drifting ash, reopened on Wednesday afternoon.Juni Kriswanto / AFP - Getty Images

Nov.30, 2017


Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi in action

with Huddersfield Town�s Steve

Mounie. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezNov.30, 2017


Manchester City's Vincent Kompany in action with Southampton's Shane Long. Action Images via Reuters/Lee SmithNov.30, 2017


People pose for a picture before the presentation of the official Olympic outfit of team Russia, created for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, in Moscow, Russia. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Nov.30, 2017


LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW

An attendee takes a picture for the new 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. REUTERS/Mike Blake-30

Nov.30, 2017


A Nissan Titan Star Wars custom car is unveiled. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Nov.30, 2017


An attendee looks over a prototype hydrogen powered fuel cell semi-truck shown by Toyota. REUTERS/Mike BlakeNov.30, 2017


An attendee experiences virtual reality. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Nov.30, 2017


A 2018 Saleen1 sports car.

REUTERS/Mike Blake

Nov.30, 2017


The BMW all electric i Vision Dynamics concept car. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Nov.30, 2017


The Toyota FT-AC concept car.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Nov.30, 2017


The BMW i8 Roadster. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Nov.30, 2017


The new Jeep Wrangler Sahara and Rubicon (rear) are introduced. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonNov.30, 2017


Hyundai unveils a new SUV named Kona. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Nov.30, 2017


An all electric Honda Clarity is shown after the Clarity was named 2018 Green Car of the Year. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Nov.30, 2017


An autonomous Volkswagen I.D. Buzz

concept vehicle. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Nov.30, 2017


View of the grille on a Lincoln Nautilus SUV. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Nov.30, 2017


Ashley Piper walks with her 8-week-

old son, Theo, and her cavalier King

Charles spaniel, Zola, among the trees

adorned with colorful autumn leaves at

Edward Rendon Sr. Metro Park on Nov.

30, 2017, in Austin, Texas.

Jay Janner / Austin American-

Statesman via AP

Nov.30, 2017


Hoda Kotb, left, and Savannah Guthrie embrace on the set of the "Today" show on Nov. 29, in New York, after NBC News fired host Matt Lauer for inappropriate sexual behavior.Craig Ruttle / AP

Nov.30, 2017


Reuters / Thursday, November 30, 2017A supporter of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, is pictured during a clash with riot police as they wait for official presidential election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Nov.30, 2017


Reuters / Thursday, November 30, 2017People look on and use their mobile phones as scouts march and play music in celebration of Mawlid al-Nabiin front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Nov.30, 2017


Reuters / Thursday, November 30, 2017Riot police fires tear gas toward supporters of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, during a protest while awaiting for official presidential election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Nov.30, 2017


Reuters / Thursday, November 30,

2017

The leader of the Social

Democrats (SPD) Martin Schulz

arrives for talks hosted by

German President Frank-Walter

Steinmeier with Chancellor

Angela Merkel and Horst

Seehofer, the head of the

Bavarian Christian Social Union

(CSU) in Schloss Bellevue in

Berlin. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Nov.30, 2017


Prophet’s birth brings color, music to Morocco

In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, people take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, children run through ramparts of the old Medina of Sale to take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, near Rabat, Morocco. A large parade with historic roots takes place in the Moroccan city of Sale each year to mark the birth of Prophet Muhammad, an occasion Muslims around the world observe as Mawlid an-Nabi. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, a man sits next to flags before taking part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. A large parade with historic roots takes place in the Moroccan city of Sale each year to mark the birth of Prophet Muhammad, an occasion Muslims around the world observe as Mawlid an-Nabi. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, women gather at a Sufi shrine as they celebrate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. A large parade with historic roots takes place in the Moroccan city of Sale each year to mark the birth of Prophet Muhammad, an occasion Muslims around the world observe as Mawlid an-Nabi. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 photo, children prepare gift boxes as they take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 photo, people carry flags decorated with religious sayings, as they take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'abElshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, a female band react as they take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, children take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'abElshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, children take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco, Thursday. (AP Photo/Mosa'abElshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, children from local religious schools take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'abElshamy)

Nov.30, 2017


In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, a traditional band shelter themselves from the sun as they take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, people take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. A large parade with historic roots takes place in the Moroccan city of Sale each year to mark the birth of Prophet Muhammad, an occasion Muslims around the world observe as Mawlid an-Nabi. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, people take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. A large parade with historic roots takes place in the Moroccan city of Sale each year to mark the birth of Prophet Muhammad, an occasion Muslims around the world observe as Mawlid an-Nabi. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, children take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, people carry large structures adorned with candles and religious phrases, as they take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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In this Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, people take part in an annual parade celebrating the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo/Mosa'abElshamy)

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Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations."

AP photographer Wong Maye-E was recently on assignment with journalist Kristen Gelineau covering stories of Rohingya refugees living in various refugee camps in Bangladesh. In addition to Wong's other assignments, she documented daily life inside the camps. Below is a selection of her work.

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The exodus of Rohingya Muslims started Aug. 25 when insurgents attacked dozens of police posts in Myanmar.Nov.20, 2017


The retribution from Myanmar’s authorities was swift and brutal. Hundreds of Rohingyavillages in Rakhine state have been set on fire.

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Rohingya in recent months have been subject to what the United Nations describes as a campaign of “textbook ethnic cleansing” by the military in poverty-wracked Rakhine state.Nov.21, 2017


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Rohingya have fled en masse to escape persecution before.

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Many of the Rohingya men, women, and children who have crossed over into Bangladesh from Myanmar carry with them tales of persecution, rape, and murder by the Myanmar military and Buddhist vigilantes.

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Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest countries, was already housing some 500,000 Rohingya who fled earlier flashes of violence.

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Hundreds of thousands left Myanmar in 1978 and again in the early 1990s, though policies subsequently allowed many to return.

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Although Rohingya Muslims have lived in Myanmar for decades, the country’s Buddhist

majority still sees them as invaders from Bangladesh.

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A Rohingya refugee looks at the full moon with a child in tow at Balukhalirefugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Susana Vera


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