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Published May 27, 2014, 6:35 p.m. ET

ADDS PRESIDENT HOLDS A MODEL USED TO SHOW HOW POLYMERS EXPAND - President Barack Obama holds a Model used to show how polymers expand as he talks with Peyton Robertson, 12, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., about how his sandless sandbags work while touring the 2014 White House Science Fair exhibits on display in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Robertson designed a new kind of sandbag to protect against flooding from hurricanes and other disasters. Obama was celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Obama holds a model showing how polymers expand during the White House Science Fair. AP

Gao Bingguo is covered with bees during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for being covered by the largest number of bees, in Taian, Shandong province May 27, 2014. Gao set a new record after having had 326,000 bees on his body at one time, according to local media. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Gao Bingguo of Taian, China, breaks the world record for most bees on a human body at one time. Reuters

People wearing red gather for a prayer vigil for the release of abducted secondary school girls in the remote village of Chibok, in Lagos May 27, 2014. Nigeria's military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue them, the state news agency quoted Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh as saying on Monday. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

Gatherers pray for the return of kidnapped girls in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the machine plant managed by Ho Chol Yong in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang May 27, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

Kim Jong-un gives field guidance at a machine plant in North Korea. Reuters

An Israeli soldier from the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Infantry, holds up red flag during a drill marking the end of an advanced training course, near the southern city of Beersheba May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An Israeli soldier marks the end of a training drill. Reuters

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) looks at forward Yevgeni Malkin as he meets with players, coaches and officials of team Russia, winners of the men's ice hockey World Championship 2014, during a reception at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 27, 2014. Russia claimed their fourth world ice hockey championship in seven years with a 5-2 win over Finland in the final in Minsk on May 25 to partly make up for their Sochi Olympic disappointment. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY POLITICS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin sweetly side-eyes hockey player Yevgeni Malkin. Reuters

CAIRO, EGYPT - MAY 26: A boy poses outside a polling station on May 26, 2014 in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt will hold Presidential elections on 26th and 27th May for the first time since the military deposed President Morsi. There are only two candidates standing, Hamdeen Sabahi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with al- Sisi expected to win the election. (Photo by Christena Dowsett/Getty Images)

A boy poses outside a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, during presidential elections. Getty Images

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 27: Gas masks stand suspended in an exhibit at the exhibition: "The First World War, 1914-1918" ("Der Erster Weltkrieg, 1914-1918") during a press preview at the Deutsches Historisches Museum on May 27, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition, which features over 250 exhibits organized along 14 thematic battlefield sites and other places from World War I, will be open to the public from May 29 thru November 30. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Gas masks are on display in a Deutsches Historisches World War I exhibit in Berlin. Getty Images

A Yemeni boy stands next to a vehicle destroyed during a police raid on a hideout of al-Qaida militants in Arhab region, north of Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Yemen said on Sunday that it killed one of the country's most wanted al-Qaida militants, hours after military officials said anti-terrorism units supported by army troops and US drones launched an attack against hideouts of the group in the mountainous Arhab region north of Sanaa, leaving at least five militants and six soldiers killed. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

A Yemeni boy stands near a car destroyed in a clash between police and al Qaeda in Arhab. AP

A novice Buddhist monk stands in front of a group of protesting people in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The small group of civil society activists staged a protest calling for an amendment to Myanmar's constitution that bans opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyia becoming the country's president. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A young Buddhist monk stands in front of protesters in Yangon, Myanmar. AP

A military supporter gives a rose to a soldier in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday May 27, 2014. Last Thursday's military takeover, Thailand's second in eight years, deposed an elected government that had insisted for months that the nation's fragile democracy was under attack from protesters, the courts, and finally the army. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A military government supporter hands out roses to soldiers in Bangkok. AP

Family members hold hands as they mourn during the funeral of Belgium shooting victims, Israeli couple Emmanuel and Miriam Riva, at Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv May 27, 2014. Belgian authorities on Tuesday arrested a suspect in an ongoing terrorist investigation but said there was no link with Saturday's shooting at the Brussels Jewish Museum which killed three, including the two Israelis, and critically wounded another. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (ISRAEL - Tags: RELIGION CRIME LAW POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Family members mourn Israeli couple Emmanuel and Miriam Riva, who were killed in Belgium, at their funeral in Tel Aviv. Reuters

Anti-government protesters take cover from tear-gas fired by the police as they clash during a funeral procession for fellow protester Sayed Mohsen, in the village of Sitra south of Manama, May 27, 2014. Mohsen died on May 21, after clashes between security forces and demonstrators marking the third day of mourning for a man killed by a bomb blast a week before, witnesses and activists said. The Interior Ministry said that the police in Sitra had reacted after they had been attacked by fire-bombs during clashes on May 21. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Protesters take cover from tear gas in Sitra, Bahrain. Reuters

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama pumps her fists as she addresses a discussion with school nutrition experts about issues in school nutrition programs at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION HEALTH)

Michelle Obama speaks about school nutrition programs in the White House. Reuters

Indigenous people of different ethnic groups look at a photograph on a camera during a protest against the Indian policy of President Dilma Rousseff's government and the costs of the 2014 World Cup in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Joedson Alves (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Indigenous people look at photos during a protest at Planalto Palace in Brazil. Reuters

A woman locates a portrait among of a group of portraits of missing people during an event observing International Week of the Disappeared, in Bogota May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

A woman picks a portrait out of a collection of missing persons photos in Bogota, Colombia. Reuters

In this Monday, May, 26, 2014 photo provided by Neal Shipman, residents look for personal belongings in damaged trailers after a tornado hit an oil worker's camp in Watford City, ND. The tornado that critically injured a 15-year-old girl and hurt at least eight other people in the heart of North Dakota’s booming oil patch was an EF-2, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Courtesy McKenzie County Farmer, Neal A. Shipman) MANDATORY CREDIT

Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado in Watford City, ND. AP

Congressman Ralph Hall smiles during a tour of his home in Rockwall, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The oldest-ever member of the U.S. House faces the toughest test of his political career, as the 91-year-old Hall tries to beat back a Republican primary challenger half his age and keep his seat for one last term. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

The oldest-ever member of the House of Representatives, Ralph Hall, 91, smiles during a tour of his home in Rockwall, Texas. AP

An Orthodox priest conducts a blessing in front of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft set on the launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome May 27, 2014. The Soyuz is scheduled to travel with Alexander Gerst of Germany, Gregory Wiseman of the U.S. and Maxim Surayev of Russia to the International Space Station on May 29. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Reuters

A bloodstained icon of Jesus is seen among shattered glass atop a wrecked Kamaz truck near the Donetsk airport May 27, 2014. Ukrainian forces fought with separatists in the city of Donetsk for a second day on Tuesday after inflicting heavy losses on the rebels while the government vowed to press on with a military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left. The Kamaz truck of the type rebels use to ferry their fighters was wrecked on the airport road, covered in blood and completely riddled with bullet holes. Blood had spattered across the entire roadway and even reached a billboard seven metres above.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Blood, shattered glass and a portrait of Jesus rest atop a wrecked truck in Donetsk, Ukraine. Reuters

The Boeing 737 aircraft of Brazilian airline Gol, which will travel with the Brazilian national soccer team during the 2014 World Cup, is presented to the media at Confins International Airport, in Belo Horizonte May 27, 2014. The aircraft was painted by Brazilian artists, twin brothers who go by the name "Os Gemeos". Belo Horizonte is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP TRANSPORT SOCIETY)

Brazilian airline Gol presents its World Cup Boeing 737 in Belo Horizone, Brazil. Reuters

The day in photos

The day in photos