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Published May 30, 2014, 6:13 p.m. ET

A seven-week-old white lion cub plays at a private zoo in Abony, east of Budapest May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: ANIMALS)

A 7-week-old white lion cub cuddles with a teddy bear in Abony, Hungary. Reuters

Visitors pose for pictures at a canola flower field in Kuandian county, near China's border with North Korea, Liaoning province, May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Visitors pose for photos at a canola field in Liaoning, China. Reuters

Students hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against the recent killings of two girls, in New Delhi May 30, 2014. Indian police have arrested one man and are looking for four other suspects after the two teenage girls were gang-raped and then hanged from a tree in a village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Students protest the rape and hangings of two young girls in New Delhi, India.

BANGKOK, THAILAND - MAY 30: A Thai military officer stands guard near the Victory Monument at the Bangkok sky train station May 30, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. All streets in the area were blocked from traffic for a second day during rush hour in order to stop the anti-coup protesters from gathering. Thai military rulers have also warned Thai citizens about expressing dissent using social media. Thailand is known as a country with a very unstable political record and is now experiencing it's 12th coup with 7 attempted pervious coups. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

A Thai military officer stands guard in Bangkok near the sky train station. Getty Images

A soldier takes up position in front of a large screen at the Victory Monument, where anti-coup protesters were gathering on previous days, in Bangkok May 30, 2014. Thailand's military said on Friday it will set up "reconciliation centres" across the country aimed at healing a decade of political division that has often spilled into violence. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A soldier takes position at the Bangkok Victory Monument. Reuters

Men paint a "Batmobile" replica on the outskirts of Shanghai, May 30, 2014. Li Weilei, the owner of the replica and a local businessman, uses his spare time and money to build replicas like the "Batmobile", Formula One cars and "Transformers" for rent or sale. Li spent around 75,000 yuan ($12,000) to build the model. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Men paint a Batmobile replica on the outskirts of Shanghai, China. Reuters

Students from the General Yermolov Cadet school ride on an armoured vehicle during part of the "Last Bell" ceremony to mark the end of the school year in Stavropol May 30, 2014. The General Yermolov Cadet School in the southern Russian city of Stavropol is a state-run institution that teaches military and patriotic classes in addition to a normal syllabus. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

General Yermolov school cadets ride a tank during their “Last Bell” ceremony in Stavropol, Russia. Reuters

A boy from Puel tribe stands in a village outside Bambari May 30, 2014. Puel cattle herder tribes are Muslims and are often attacked by Anti-Balaka Christian militia. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)

A Puel tribe boy stands in a village outside Bambari, Central African Republic. Reuters

Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouk (R) shakes hands with Morocco's King Mohammed VI (C), next to Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid, in Tunis May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouk greets Moroccan King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid in Tunis. Reuters

Muhammed Iqbal, 45, prays beside the grave of his late wife Farzana Iqbal in a village in Moza Sial, west of Lahore May 30, 2014. Iqbal, whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Farzana, 25, was murdered by a group of assailants including her father on May 27, witnesses and police said, because she fell in love with and married Iqbal in January instead of a cousin they had selected for her. Picture taken May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Muhammed Iqbal mourns at wife Farzana Iqbal’s grave in Moza Sial, Pakistan. Reuters

The hands of U.S. President Barack Obama are seen as he gestures as he speaks about the My Brother's Keeper Task Force while in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

President Obama meets with the My Brother’s Keeper task force at the White House. Reuters

WINSTON SALEM, NC - MAY 29: Participants listen to a poetry reading during a memorial service for poet Maya Angelou on May 29, 2014 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Angelou attended the church for over 30 years. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Mourners listen to a poetry reading at a memorial service for Maya Angelou in Winston-Salem, NC. Getty Images

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 30: David Hayman and Yes Scotland Chief Executive Blair Jenkins join members of the Yes Scotland team, to mark the start of the regulated referendum period on May30, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Scottish Independence referendum 16 week campaign period got underway today, the timeline period sees a strict limit applied to how much money registered campaigners can spend, in order to ensure a level playing field for both sides in the debate. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Members of the Yes Scotland team celebrate the independence referendum in Glasgow. Getty Images

A boy walks with a representation of a Brazilian national flag through the Santa Luzia favela, ahead of fellow residents in a protest against the money spent on preparations for the upcoming World Cup, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, May 30, 2014. With just a few weeks to go to the opening match between Brazil and Croatia, Brazilians continue to stage protests against the billions of dollars in public money spent on preparations for international soccer's premier event. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A boy runs through the Santa Luzia favela wearing a flag in Brasilia, Brazil. AP

President Barack Obama gives White House press secretary Jay Carney a hug after announcing that Carney will step down later next month, during a surprise visit to the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2014. The president announced Carney's departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Obama hugs resigning press secretary Jay Carney. AP

Travis Fugate, a member of the Kentucky National Guard who was blinded by an IED attack in Iraq, wipes his eyes as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 29, 2014, before the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations. The panel is examining inadequacies in the Veterans Administration's treatment of visually-impaired veterans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Travis Fugate, blinded while serving in Iraq, wipes his eyes as he testifies on Capitol Hill. AP

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to children while visiting a class at the A to Z Center Friday, May 30, 2014, in the Queens borough of New York. De Blasio announced that New York City will open 10,400 additional full-day pre-kindergarten seats in community-based early childhood centers by September 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, Pool)

Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to children at the A to Z Center in Queens. AP

Former Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin introduces U.S. Senate challenger Chris McDaniel at a rally Friday, May 29, 2014 at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Miss. McDaniel is challenging Republican Sen. Thad Cochran. (AP Photo/George Clark)

Sarah Palin introduces Chris McDaniel at a rally in Ellisville, Miss. AP

A close up shows the hand of Paula Ormaechea of Argentina holding a ball, during her women's singles match against Maria Sharapova of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT TENNIS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Paula Ormaechea plays against Maria Sharapova in the French Open in Paris. Reuters

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (R) unveils the Dragon V2 spacecraft in Hawthorne, California May 29, 2014. Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, on Thursday unveiled an upgraded passenger version of the Dragon cargo ship NASA buys for resupply runs to the International Space Station. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The Dragon V2 passenger spacecraft is unveiled in Hawthorne, Calif. Reuters

This photo taken May 29, 2014, shows U.S. Navy and Vietnam Veteran John Notestine, Kulpmont, looking over the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall a few minutes after the installation had been completed, in Coal Township, Pa. (AP Photo/The News-Item, Mike Staugaitis)

Vietnam vet John Notestine takes in the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall in Coal Township, Pa. AP

Celebs out in force cheering for Rangers

Celebs out in force cheering for Rangers