Residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima burn tires and belongings of Venezuelan immigrants, after an attack on their makeshift camps. Isac Dantes/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking here in 2016, is reportedly considering testifying before U.S. lawmakers. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
An aerial view from Saturday shows a floral pyramid of more than 500,000 roses, an attempt to set a Guinness World Record in Tabacundo, Ecuador. Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Relatives of the three men react in anguish as Moreno confirms their deaths Friday. Dolores Ochoa/AP hide caption
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks to supporters outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has been in self-imposed exile since 2012. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
These dead sharks were discovered aboard a Chinese-flagged vessel found off Ecuador earlier this month with some 300 tons of marine species, several of which are in danger of extinction. Galapagos National Park via AP hide caption
Supporters of presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso are confronted by the police near the National Electoral Council in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday. Ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno was declared the winner of Ecuador's presidential runoff Sunday, delivering a major setback to a recent right-ward surge in Latin American politics. Dolores Ochoa/AP hide caption
Fanesca is made with grains and vegetables, and includes toppings such as peanuts, fried plantains, hard-boiled eggs and mini empanadas. Amy Robertson for NPR hide caption
Washu chocolate is made from cacao arriba, a sought-after variety of cacao harvested in Ecuador. Ryan Eskalis/NPR hide caption
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participates via video link at a news conference in October in Berlin, marking the 10th anniversary of the group. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption
At Calderón cemetery near Quito, Ecuador, a woman shares a meal as a way to remember her loved ones. Amy E. Robertson/NPR hide caption
Ecuador has been hosting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its embassy in London for more than four years. Ecuador acknowledged Tuesday it has limited his Internet access because of the website's release of stolen emails that have affected the U.S. presidential campaign DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in February 2015. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Ecuadorian military and civilians perform cleanup and rescue operations on the streets of Portoviejo on Monday following a powerful earthquake on Saturday. Rescuers and desperate families clawed through rubble, pulling out survivors two days after an earthquake that has killed more than 400 people and devastated a tourist region of Ecuador. Juan Cevallos/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered 16 miles south-southeast of Muisne, a sparsely-populated coastal town. The U.S. Geological Survey hide caption
A midwife cuts the umbilical cord of a newborn baby in a hospital in South Sudan. JM Lopez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Journalists work outside the Ecuadorian Embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up since 2012. A U.N. panel says he deserves compensation for being arbitrarily detained. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
More than 500 Cuban immigrants hoping to reach the United States live at this school turned shelter in northern Costa Rica after Nicaragua, a Cuban ally, closed its border to them. Carrie Kahn/NPR hide caption
The Pululahua Crater in Ecuador erupted about 2,500 years ago. The soils remaining in the collapsed mountain are mineral rich and good for cultivation. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, seen here in a teleconference last month, has been under a constant police guard outside Ecuador's London embassy since June of 2012. Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino (left) and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speak during an August 2014 news conference inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. John Stillwell/AP hide caption
An engraving of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day. De Agostini Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images hide caption
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (right) said he'll leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, at a news conference with Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino. Assange has been holed up at the embassy for two years. John Stillwell/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A covert microphone was found in the office of the Ecuadorean ambassador in London, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo Patiño announced during a news conference in Quito. AFP/Getty Images hide caption