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Festival goer attends 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goer attends 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival atmosphere at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival atmosphere at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goers attend the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goers attend the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goers attend the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goers attend the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Ayano Omoto, Ayaka Nishiwaki, and Yuka Kashino of Perfume perform at Gobi Tent during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Ayano Omoto, Ayaka Nishiwaki, and Yuka Kashino of Perfume perform at Gobi Tent during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Khalid performs on the Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Khalid performs on the Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Zedd performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Zedd performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Pusha T performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Pusha T performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festivalgoers are seen during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festivalgoers are seen during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Tame Impala performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 20, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Tame Impala performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 20, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing at least 290 people, including 35 foreigners. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing at least 156 people, including 35 foreigners. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

Security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

At least 290 are now known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

At least 290 are now known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Shoes of victims are kept as evidence as security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Shoes of victims are kept as evidence as security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Broken statues are pictured next to shrapnel marks at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

Broken statues are pictured next to shrapnel marks at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

People pray outside the St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the building was hit as part of a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Mohd RASFAN / AFP

People pray outside the St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the building was hit as part of a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Mohd RASFAN / AFP

Sri Lanka soldiers and religious members of the parish look on inside the St Sebastian's Church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo on April 21, 2019, following a bomb blast during the Easter service that killed tens of people. STR / AFP

Sri Lanka soldiers and religious members of the parish look on inside the St Sebastian's Church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo on April 21, 2019, following a bomb blast during the Easter service that killed tens of people. STR / AFP

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. STR / AFP

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. STR / AFP

A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing nearly 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP

A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing nearly 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP

A security personnel inspects the interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

A security personnel inspects the interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

A guide wearing a space suit stands at an entrance at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A guide wearing a space suit stands at an entrance at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows crops at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows crops at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A man visits "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A man visits "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows an interior view at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows an interior view at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A woman "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A woman "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows food on a shelf at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows food on a shelf at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A guide wearing a spacesuit puts on a helmet at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A guide wearing a spacesuit puts on a helmet at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2019 shows "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 km from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2019 shows "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 km from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Proud truck driver presents his painted truck at the karacorum highway in Pakistan. The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan with China (Shutterstock)

Proud truck driver presents his painted truck at the karacorum highway in Pakistan. The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan with China (Shutterstock)

Decorated color truck on the Karakoram Highway in Northern area of Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Decorated color truck on the Karakoram Highway in Northern area of Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Trucks parked on a ledge (Shutterstock)

Trucks parked on a ledge (Shutterstock)

Detailed decorations on Pakistani truck (Shutterstock)

Detailed decorations on Pakistani truck (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck departs Cantt after transferring humanitarian supplies to US military helicopter on a recent mission in Pakistan's flood (Shutterstock)

Truck departs Cantt after transferring humanitarian supplies to US military helicopter on a recent mission in Pakistan's flood (Shutterstock)

The steeple of the landmark the Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as it is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019. Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP

The steeple of the landmark the Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as it is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019. Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (L), and French President Emmanuel Macron (3rd L) gather near the entrance of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris, as flames engulf its roof on April 15, 2019. PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (L), and French President Emmanuel Macron (3rd L) gather near the entrance of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris, as flames engulf its roof on April 15, 2019. PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP

People look at the fire engulfing the Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris from the quai de la Tournelle on the banks of the Seine river on April 15, 2019. Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP

People look at the fire engulfing the Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris from the quai de la Tournelle on the banks of the Seine river on April 15, 2019. Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP

People look at the fire engulfing the Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris from the quai de la Tournelle on the banks of the Seine river on April 15, 2019. Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP

People look at the fire engulfing the Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris from the quai de la Tournelle on the banks of the Seine river on April 15, 2019. Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP

A Firefighter douse flames billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP

A Firefighter douse flames billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP

A Firefighter douse flames billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP

A fire fighter douses the flames during a fire at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP

A fire fighter douses the flames during a fire at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP

A fire fighter douses the flames during a fire at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP

First images from inside Notre Dame cathedral as the devastating fire continues to burn. (Twitter)

First images from inside Notre Dame cathedral as the devastating fire continues to burn. (Twitter)

People watch as Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral burns late into the night on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. ludovic MARIN / AFP

People watch as Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral burns late into the night on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. ludovic MARIN / AFP

This general view from the entrance shows smoke rising in front of the altar cross at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, after a fire engulfed the building. PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP

This general view from the entrance shows smoke rising in front of the altar cross at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, after a fire engulfed the building. PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP

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