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Published July 18, 2014, 4:24 p.m. ET

BORYEONG, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 18: Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 18, 2014 in Boryeong, South Korea. The mud, which is believed to have beneficial effects on the skin due to its mineral content, is sourced from mud flats near Boryeong and transported to the beach by truck. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Festivalgoers wrestle in the Boryeong Mud Festival in Boryeong, South Korea. Getty

A view of a damaged mosque in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT RELIGION)

A mosque is damaged in Damascus, Syria. Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Ukraine during a news conference at the White House in Washington, July 18, 2014. The president's comments Friday come one day after a Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

President Barack Obama speaks about Ukraine at the White House. Reuters

Fishermen are transported to a safer area amid strong wind and heavy rainfall at a port as Typhoon Rammasun hits Zhanjiang, Guangdong province July 18, 2014. A super typhoon slammed into China on Friday killing one person, as the government ordered an all-out effort to prevent loss of life from a storm that has already killed at least 64 people in the Philippines. Rammasun made landfall at Wenchang city on south China's island province of Hainan on Friday afternoon. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Fishermen are taken to safer waters in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China. Reuters

The pack of riders including race leader yellow jersey holder Astana team rider Vincenzo Nibali of Italy cycles on its way during the 197.5km 13th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Etienne and Chamrousse, July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT CYCLING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Riders continue the Tour de France. Reuters

A masked Palestinian protester gestures to Israeli soldiers during a protest against the Israeli offensive in Gaza strip, at Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus July 18, 2014. Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was killing ever greater numbers of civilians. The land advance followed 10 days of barrages against Gaza from air and sea, hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas into Israel and failed Egyptian attempts to secure a ceasefire. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A masked Palestinian protester gestures to Israeli soldiers in Nablus, West Bank. Reuters

An Ukrainian national flag flies at half-mast near other European flags outside the headquarters of Eurocontrol, Europe's air traffic regulator, in Brussels July 18, 2014. Qantas Airways and several other airlines altered their flight paths some time ago to avoid Ukrainian air space after fighting flared up in the region, raising questions about why others did not do the same. The issue of whether to avoid flying over conflict zones has come into sharp focus after the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 on Thursday, killing all 298 people on board. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

A Ukrainian flag flies at half-staff outside Eurocontrol in Brussels, Belgium. Reuters

Canada's Meaghan Benfeito dives as she competes in the women's 10m platform final during the 19th FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SPORT DIVING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito dives during the 19th FINA Diving World Cup in Shanghai. Reuters

A boy jumps into artist Jeppe Hein's interactive fountain Appearing Rooms on the Southbank during a hot day in London July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A boy jumps into an interactive fountain in London. Reuters

A woman lights candles at a memorial for victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Kuala Lumpur July 18, 2014. The U.S. said on Friday it could not rule out Russian help to separatists in Ukraine in firing an SA-11 surface-to-air missile that likely downed the Malaysian Boeing 777 in eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (MALAYSIA - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A woman lights candles at a memorial for Flight MH17 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters

Llamas graze with Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo in the background July 18, 2014. Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador with a peak elevation of 6,268 metres (19.685 ft). Due to a bulge around the equator Chimborazo's summit is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's centre. REUTERS/ Guillermo Granja (ECUADOR - Tags: TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Llamas graze near Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador. Reuters

Passengers' belongings are pictured at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 before a visit by Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitors, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 18, 2014. OSCE monitors were not able to secure an access corridor on Friday to the site where the Malaysian airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine, the OSCE's chairman said. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (UKRAINE - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS TRANSPORT CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Passengers’ belongings rest at the Flight MH17 crash site near Donetsk, Ukraine. Reuters

Police officers march to the funeral service for slain Jersey City police officer Melvin Santiago at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Jersey City, New Jersey July 18, 2014. Officer Santiago, 23, was shot and killed in his car after responding to an armed robbery call at a Walgreen's pharmacy early on Sunday, officials said. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Officers march to the funeral for slain cop Melvin Santiago at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Jersey City. Reuters

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold a huge Palestinian flag as they protest against Israel's military action against Gaza, in Yemen's northwestern city of Saada July 18, 2014. RUETERS/Stringer (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Demonstrators in Saada, Yemen, hold up a giant Palestinian flag. Reuters

People hold a banner against the mass water shut-offs to Detroit citizens behind in their payments, during a protest in downtown Detroit, Michigan July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)

Demonstrators protest Detroit water shutoffs. Reuters

A female crowned lemur and her baby which was born on May 5, 2014, are pictured at the La Haute Touche zoological park in Obterre, on July 18, 2014. Two pairs of twin crowned lemurs were born on May 2014 at the zoo. AFP PHOTO / GUILLAUME SOUVANT (Photo credit should read GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images)

A female crowned lemur and her baby snuggle in an Obterre, France, zoo. Getty

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama deliver remarks at the Kids' State Dinner in the East Room at the White House on July 18, 2014 in Washington, DC. The event, in it's third year, recognizes winners of a nationwide recipe challenge to promote healthy lunches in schools. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold the Kids’ State Dinner in the White House. Getty

Zelda holds up a sign as she joins demonstrators outside the Mexican Consulate Friday, July 18, 2014, in Houston. Prospects for action on the U.S.-Mexico border crisis faded Thursday as lawmakers traded accusations rather than solutions, raising chances that Congress will go into its summer recess without doing anything about the tens of thousands of migrant children streaming into South Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A woman protests in front of the Mexican Consulate in Houston, Texas. AP

This aerial photo shows a large plume of smoke and steam rises from just south of Pateros, Wash., Friday morning, July 18, 2014 from the Carlton Complex Fire. Authorities say the wildfire has already burned about 100 homes and prompted the evacuation of Pateros, home to about 650 people in Okanogan County. A hospital in nearby Brewster was also evacuated as a precaution. (AP Photo/The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook)

Smoke rises from wildfires in Pateros, Washington. AP

Who got the better parting gift: Jeter or Rivera?

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