Muhammad Saad, a blind Saudi man, shows how he interacts with apps on his smart phone as he works at the King Khaled Eye Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 8, 2022. Picture taken May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Muhammad Saad, a blind Saudi man, shows how he interacts with apps on his smart phone as he works at the King Khaled Eye Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 8, 2022. Picture taken May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Muhammad Saad, a blind Saudi man, shows how he interacts with apps on his smart phone as he works at the King Khaled Eye Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 8, 2022. Picture taken May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Muhammad Saad, a blind Saudi man, shows how he interacts with apps on his smart phone as he works at the King Khaled Eye Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 8, 2022. Picture taken May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Fabiola Campillay, who was blinded in both eyes by police tear gas canister in a protest last year, attends a vote during a referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Vera 

Fabiola Campillay, who was blinded in both eyes by police tear gas canister in a protest last year, has her fingerprints taken after voting during a referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Vera 

Fabiola Campillay, who was blinded in both eyes by police tear gas canister in a protest last year, attends a vote during a referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Vera 

Fabiola Campillay, who was blinded in both eyes by police tear gas canister in a protest last year, attends a vote during a referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Vera 

Fabiola Campillay, who was blinded in both eyes by police tear gas canister in a protest last year, casts her vote during a referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Vera 

Fabiola Campillay, who was blinded in both eyes by police tear gas canister in a protest last year, arrives to cast her vote during a referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Vera 

Gustavo Gatica, 22, a Chilean student blinded in both eyes by police rubber bullets in a protest last year, receives lessons by experts to learn to walk as blind next to his mother on a street in Santiago, Chile, February 5, 2020. Picture taken, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 

Ana Paula, 27, who is visually impaired, looks at the colours with her left eye, which has 15 percent of vision, before she has make up put on during a cosmetics class set up to help boost self esteem at the Laramara association in Sao Paulo, Brazil April 18, 2018. Picture taken April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce 

Stanley Cote, founder of the Indigenous Warriors: A Youth Warrior Society, stands outside his mother’s house on the Cote First Nation Reserve, near the town of Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, July 25, 2017. "All these suicides are going on in our community, these overdoses, these murders. Everyone seems to be turning a blind eye to the situation these youth are facing. They have no support systems. Our people are killing themselves and we have to step up and try to stop that," said Cote. REUTERS/Zachary Prong 

David Osorio, 21, an English teacher and a student, who was injured during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government, poses for a photograph inside his home in Caracas, Venezuela, August 15, 2017. Osorio said he was struck by a tear gas canister on July 7, 2017, fracturing his skull and leaving him blind in his right eye. He uses a temporary prosthetic eye while seeking specialist treatment. "I have been protesting since 2014. During the last few months, I was actively participating in all the marches, because things have gotten worse and I am against the policies of this government." REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "VENEZUELA INJURIES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Carlos Miguel Lorenzo (L) and Yaineris Veg, who are visually impaired, put on eye covers before a baseball lesson at the Changa Medero stadium, in Havana, Cuba May 17, 2017. Picture taken May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer 

Tattoo artist Alvaro Quesada, who is blind in one eye due to a tumour, reacts upon inspecting the breasts of cancer survivor Mamen Malagon at the Hospital Universitario de Torrejon, in Torrejon de Ardoz, outside Madrid, Spain, March 23, 2017. Picture taken March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Tattoo artist Alvaro Quesada, who is blind in one eye due to a tumour, drives to the Hospital Universitario de Torrejon, in Torrejon de Ardoz, outside Madrid, Spain, March 23, 2017. Picture taken March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Tattoo artist Alvaro Quesada, who is blind in one eye due to a tumour, inspects the breasts of cancer survivor Mamen Malagon at the Hospital Universitario de Torrejon, in Torrejon de Ardoz, outside Madrid, Spain, March 23, 2017. Picture taken March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Tattoo artist Alvaro Quesada, who is blind in one eye due to a tumour, gets a hug from cancer survivor Mamen Malagon after tattooing a nipple on her reconstructed breast at the Hospital Universitario de Torrejon, in Torrejon de Ardoz, outside Madrid, Spain, March 23, 2017. Picture taken March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Tape is tied around Shivani's ankle to prevent her running away, while her mother works at a construction site nearby, in Ahmedabad, India, April 19, 2016. Amit Dave: 'I was shooting daily life pictures in Ahmedabad when I spotted workers pulling heavy electric cables and thought they could make an interesting frame. The light wasnÕt good, so I waited for it to improve. The workers' children were running about playing by the roadside, but there was one child who was sitting alone, and I wandered over to see why. Fifteen-month-old Shivani was tugging at a plastic tape her mother had wrapped around her leg and tied to a rock at the building site. Barefoot and caked in dust, she spends nine hours a day in temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius attached to the tape marked "caution". Her mother Sarta Kalara said she has no option but to tether Shivani to the stone, despite her crying, while she and her husband work for 250 rupees ($3.8) each a shift digging holes for electricity cables in the city. "I tie her so she doesn't go on the road. My younger son is three and a half so he is not able to control her," said the 23-year-old. "This site is full of traffic, I have no option. I do this for her safety." Parents said their children usually stay with them until they are seven or eight, when they are sent to live with their grandparents. Kalara, holding Shivani, as the plastic tape dangled from her leg, said managers had turned a blind eye to her plight. "They don't care about us or our children, they are only concerned with their work."' REUTERS/Amit Dave TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "2016 PIX" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Kenyan runner Egla Musop Jebichii, 28, who is partially blind, poses with her 3rd position medal won in Dubai to qualify to run in the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro this year, Iten, western Kenya, April 11, 2016. Jebichii is married to an athlete and has one son, who is five. In Kenya's western town of Iten, known as the "Home of Champions" for drawing runners to train from around the world, athletes rise to pound the track and dirt roads at dawn. Kenyan athletics champions like marathon world record holder Dennis Kimetto and 800 metre champion David Rudisha have trained there, alongside Britain's double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah and a host of others. At 2,400 metres (7,900 feet), the altitude makes Iten an ideal location for established middle and long distance races to build their endurance and stamina. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola SEARCH "ITEN MODOLA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? 

Disabled Kenyan runner Egla Musop Jebichii, 28, who is partially blind, prepares for her morning training session at her home in Iten, western Kenya, April 11, 2016. Jebichii has qualified to participate in the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro this year, it will be her second time competing in the Paralympics. Jebichii is married to an athlete and has one son, who is five. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola SEARCH "ITEN MODOLA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Disabled Kenyan runner Egla Musop Jebichii, 28, who is partially blind, prepares for her morning training session from her home in Iten, western Kenya, April 11, 2016. Jebichii has qualified to participate in the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro this year, it will be her second time competing in the Paralympics. Jebichii is married to an athlete and has one son, who is five. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola SEARCH "ITEN MODOLA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A man is silhouetted against the backdrop of Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) as overhead power cables are seen in the old quarters of Delhi, India, September 10, 2015. Across India, decades of mismanagement and political meddling have left utilities selling electricity below cost and turning a blind eye to rampant theft. The result is state distributors are sitting on $66 billion worth of debt, according to rating agency CRISIL, double the level four years ago. To match INDIA-POWER/DEBT REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A veiled Muslim woman walks through an alley under overhead power cables in the old quarters of Delhi, India, September 10, 2015. Across India, decades of mismanagement and political meddling have left utilities selling electricity below cost and turning a blind eye to rampant theft. The result is state distributors are sitting on $66 billion worth of debt, according to rating agency CRISIL, double the level four years ago. To match INDIA-POWER/DEBT REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, is silhouetted as he addresses the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT)

Joachim Nagel, Member of the Board of Germany's Bundesbank, attends the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT)

Joachim Nagel, Member of the Board of Germany's Bundesbank, attends the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT)

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, arrives for the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, gestures as he arrives for the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, addresses the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, addresses the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT)

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, smiles as he arrives for the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, smiles as he arrives for the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)

Jens Weidmann, chief of Germany's Bundesbank, smiles as he arrives for the yearly news conference in Frankfurt, March 12, 2015. European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann put the onus squarely on governments on Thursday to decide whether they wanted to cover Greece's funding needs, saying this was "less than ever" a task for the euro zone's central banks. Reporting a fall in the German Bundesbank's 2014 profit due to reduced interest income, Weidmann also said a rosy outlook for Germany's economy was no reason to turn a blind eye to risks such as geopolitical tensions and a demographic shift. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)

People sit on beds while waiting for treatment at a hospital after undergoing cataract removals from a free eye surgery camp, in the northern Indian city of Amritsar December 5, 2014. Fifteen Indians lost their sight after a doctor used suspected infected equipment to remove cataracts at the free eye surgery camp, the latest incident to highlight the dangers of shoddy medical treatment in the country. A criminal investigation has been launched against the non-governmental organization and the doctors who carried out the operations, mainly on elderly women, without consulting health authorities. REUTERS/Munish Sharma (INDIA - Tags: CRIME LAW HEALTH SOCIETY) 

A man sits on a bed while waiting for treatment at a hospital after undergoing cataract removals from a free eye surgery camp, in the northern Indian city of Amritsar December 5, 2014. Fifteen Indians lost their sight after a doctor used suspected infected equipment to remove cataracts at the free eye surgery camp, the latest incident to highlight the dangers of shoddy medical treatment in the country. A criminal investigation has been launched against the non-governmental organization and the doctors who carried out the operations, mainly on elderly women, without consulting health authorities. REUTERS/Munish Sharma (INDIA - Tags: CRIME LAW HEALTH SOCIETY) 

A man leaves a polling booth at a voting station in Bucharest November 16, 2014. Prime Minister Victor Ponta looks set to become Romania's youngest president in a runoff vote on Sunday, a result that could make one of Europe's poorest nations more stable as it looks to exit an IMF-led aid deal. Backed by a well-oiled party machine, Ponta has led opinion polls and comfortably beat his nearest challenger, ethnic German mayor Klaus Iohannis, in the first round election on Nov 2. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

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A twelve-year-old Syrian boy has his eyes checked by Dr. Yosef Pikel at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, northern Israel September 10, 2014. A hospital spokesperson said the boy was severely wounded, losing the sight in both eyes and suffering injuries to his arm and leg, when a shell exploded near his home in the outskirts of Damascus. After undergoing basic medical treatment in Lebanon, his brother took him by donkey across the border to an Israeli military post, where soldiers took him to hospital in Safed. The spokesperson said the boy was one of 10 Syrians being treated at the hospital, and one of several hundred since February 2013. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Syrian refugee children scuffle with a waiter as they try to get a pack of food at an iftar (breaking fast) event open to public and organised by the municipality during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in central Istanbul July 17, 2014. Turkey has spent billions of dollars sheltering refugees and kept an "open-border" policy throughout the conflict in its southern neighbor. But, like many in the international community, it bet on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rapid demise in the early stages of the war, and little anticipated a humanitarian crisis on such a scale. The government and civil society groups have given many Syrians access to education and healthcare, and turned a blind eye to them gaining informal employment, but there are growing concerns about their long-term integration. Picture taken July 17, 2014. REUTERS/Yagiz Karahan (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION FOOD SOCIETY POVERTY IMMIGRATION) 

A Syrian woman holds a sign asking for help as she travels on a public bus with her children in central Istanbul July 17, 2014. Turkey has spent billions of dollars sheltering refugees and kept an "open-border" policy throughout the conflict in its southern neighbor. But, like many in the international community, it bet on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rapid demise in the early stages of the war, and little anticipated a humanitarian crisis on such a scale. The government and civil society groups have given many Syrians access to education and healthcare, and turned a blind eye to them gaining informal employment, but there are growing concerns about their long-term integration. The paper reads, "I am a Syrian. Can't talk. Help me for God's sake." Picture taken July 17, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POVERTY) 

A Syrian refugee girl runs as she receives a pack of food at an iftar (breaking fast) event open to public and organised by the municipality during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in central Istanbul July 12, 2014. Turkey has spent billions of dollars sheltering refugees and kept an "open-border" policy throughout the conflict in its southern neighbor. But, like many in the international community, it bet on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rapid demise in the early stages of the war, and little anticipated a humanitarian crisis on such a scale. The government and civil society groups have given many Syrians access to education and healthcare, and turned a blind eye to them gaining informal employment, but there are growing concerns about their long-term integration. Picture taken July 12, 2014. REUTERS/Yagiz Karahan (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POVERTY) 

A Syrian refugee girl collects food left behind by people after an iftar (breaking fast) event open to public and organised by the municipality during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in central Istanbul July 12, 2014. Turkey has spent billions of dollars sheltering refugees and kept an "open-border" policy throughout the conflict in its southern neighbor. But, like many in the international community, it bet on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rapid demise in the early stages of the war, and little anticipated a humanitarian crisis on such a scale. The government and civil society groups have given many Syrians access to education and healthcare, and turned a blind eye to them gaining informal employment, but there are growing concerns about their long-term integration. Picture taken July 12, 2014. REUTERS/Yagiz Karahan (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION SOCIETY IMMIGRATION FOOD POVERTY) 

A Muslim man arrives to offer Friday prayers in front of Baitul Mukarram, Bangladesh's national mosque, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Dhaka July 11, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A Ukrainian policeman stands in front of a voting booth as he secures the polling station in the village of Kosmach in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), western Ukraine May 24, 2014. Candidates in Ukraine's presidential election stayed out of the public eye on Saturday, observing a ban on campaigning on the eve of a vote that Kiev hopes can help end a bitter confrontation with Russia. Ukraine is holding presidential elections on May 25. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (UKRAINE - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) 

A girl rides a bicycle on a balcony in the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 5, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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Men salvage metal on the 30th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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Men rest after salvaging metal on the 30th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Gabriel Rivas, 30, lifts weights on a balcony on the 28th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 9, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY BUSINESS)

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Adriana Gutierrez and her son Carlos Adrian watch TV as they sit on their bed in their 24th floor apartment inside the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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Children ride bicycles on one of the top inhabited floors of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 9, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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A woman walks on a roof of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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Men salvage metal on the 30th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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Teenagers chat on the 10th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

Teenagers chat on the 10th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas 

Thais Ruiz, 36, talks on the telephone and drinks coffee as she sits under a crack in the roof of her living room on the 27th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 6, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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Nicolas Alvarez speaks on the telephone in his apartment on the 27th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 5, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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People walk along a corridor on the 10th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 6, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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A man, who is on his way to work, walks through the lobby of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 5, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY)

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Bolshoi Theatre dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko (R), who is on trial for ordering an acid attack on the artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin, is escorted out of a court room in Moscow, November 6, 2013. The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi ballet, hiding his damaged eyes behind dark glasses, told a Moscow court on Wednesday he could not forgive the assailants who almost blinded him in an acid attack. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY) 

Sergei Filin, the artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi ballet, addresses the court in Moscow, November 6, 2013. The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi ballet, hiding his damaged eyes behind dark glasses, told a Moscow court on Wednesday he could not forgive the assailants who almost blinded him in an acid attack. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)