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A Thai soldier in white biohazard suit takes part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong July 30, 2013. Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday.ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters

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Pedestrians walk past pollard willows on the river Rhine bank in Duisburg, Germany, on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, as temperatures drop to 24 CelsiusFrank Augstein/The Associated Press

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Syrians refugees try to enter a truck which will transport them back to their homeland at the Al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria July 30, 2013.MUHAMMAD HAMED/Reuters

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Tavares Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hosterman walks among the remains of exploded propane cylinders, littering the storage yard of a propane plant, after massive explosions overnight in the plant's yard, in Tavares, Florida, July 30, 2013.DAVID MANNING/Reuters

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Aisikaier Wubulikasimu, 40-year-old Uighur acrobat, walks on a 18m long, 50 mm wide tightrope strung between two hot air balloons, in Shilin county, Yunnan province, July 30, 2013.CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/Reuters

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A make-shift memorial marks the location where Sammy Yatim was shot by police in Toronto, Ontario Tuesday, July 30, 2013.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail

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A woman hugs a terracotta warrior replicas as she post for a souvenir photo at the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, in central China's Shaanxi province Tuesday, July 30, 2013.Andy Wong/The Associated Press

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A Skopje City zoo employee, unseen, sprays Buco the hippopotamus with a hose to cool him down, as the temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius, in Macedonia's capital Skopje, Tuesday, July 30, 2013.Boris Grdanoski/The Associated Press

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A surfer rides on a wave in the river Eisbach in the English Garden in downtown Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, July 30, 2013.Matthias Schrader/The Associated Press

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