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Davi de Oliveira Moreira, known as "Sereio" (merman in Portuguese), poses in costume at Arpoador Rock on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro last May. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Arunachalam Muruganantham, inventor of a menstruation pad machine, tests the quality of the pads as local women, who are eager to learn how the machine works, look on. Anand Brian hide caption
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flashes the victory symbol after casting her vote, as her daughter Saima Wazed Hossain (far left) and her sister Sheikh Rehana look on. -/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Bangladesh PM Wins 3rd Term After Violent Election, Accusations Of Rigging
Guards of honor carry a photo of Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar police chief, at his burial ceremony in Kandahar in October. AP hide caption
Indonesian Navy personnel watch as Anak Krakatau spews volcanic materials into the waters of Indonesia's Sunda Strait this week. Fauzy Chaniago/AP hide caption
A Justice Department poster shows two Chinese citizens suspected of carrying out an extensive hacking campaign directed at dozens of U.S. tech companies. U.S. law enforcement says such cases are on the rise as China seeks to become a world leader in advanced technologies by 2025. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
In China's Push For High-Tech, Hackers Target Cutting-Edge U.S. Firms
In this image made from CCTV video, China's former deputy intelligence chief Ma Jian appears in a courtroom in the northeastern port city of Dalian, China. AP hide caption
A laborer climbs a tree to pluck coconuts at a farm in India. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kerala Needs Coconut Pickers — So Women Are Stepping In (And Climbing Up)
Anak (Child) Krakatau volcano erupts, as seen from a ship on the Sunda Straits, Indonesia, on Thursday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Prosecutors say TEPCO leaders should have known the risks a tsunami could pose to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which sits along Japan's eastern coast. Here, the Unit 3 reactor is seen this past summer, amid storage tanks of radiation-contaminated water. Kimimasa Mayama /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Japan once labeled its whaling vessels with prominent "Research" tags. The country will resume commercial whaling hunts in 2019. Here, the whaling ships Yushin Maru (right) and Yushin Maru No. 2 are seen before leaving for the Antarctic Ocean for a whale hunt in 2015. In the future, Japanese whaling ships will not operate in the Antarctic. Kyodo/Reuters hide caption