A member of the honour guards waits in a bus for the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) at Hangzhou Xiaoshan international airport before the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 3, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Security personnel keep watch, as they close the West Lake before the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 3, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Honour guards are seen as they prepare for foreign leaders' arrivals at the Hangzhou Xiaoshan international airport before the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L-R), Philippines President Benigno Aquino, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key stand for a family photo before their East Asia Summit (EAS) meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 22, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Philippines President Benigno Aquino, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key stand for a family photo before their East Asia Summit (EAS) meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 22, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Officers from Police Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (L-R) Chief Inspector Tsue Chun-tung, Chief Superintendent Au Chin-chau and Superintendent Ng Wai-hon, pose in front of air rifles seized along with explosives, during a news conference at police headquarters in Hong Kong, China June 15, 2015. Hong Kong police arrested nine people in raids and seized suspected explosives, authorities said on Monday, just days ahead of a contentious vote on how the Asia financial centre chooses its next leader in 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Pro-democracy lawmakers Lee Cheuk Yan (L) and Albert Ho (2nd L) hold balloons tied with slogans reading "Release Liu Xiaobo" and Liu's portrait during a protest to urging for release the jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong December 25, 2014. Protesters on Thursday called for the release of Liu, 58, a veteran dissident involved in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests crushed by the army, jailed for 11 years on Christamas Day in 2009 on subversion charges for organising a petition urging an end to one-party rule. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY CRIME LAW)

Policemen stand near a portrait of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo with balloons and slogans reading "Release Liu Xiaobo", during a protest urging for his release, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong December 25, 2014. Protesters on Thursday called for the release of Liu, 58, a veteran dissident involved in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests crushed by the army, jailed for 11 years on Christamas Day in 2009 on subversion charges for organising a petition urging an end to one-party rule. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

Pro-democracy protesters release balloons with a portrait of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and a slogan reading "Release Liu Xiaobo" during a protest urging for the release of Liu outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong December 25, 2014. Protesters on Thursday called for the release of Liu, 58, a veteran dissident involved in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests crushed by the army, jailed for 11 years on Christamas Day in 2009 on subversion charges for organising a petition urging an end to one-party rule. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)

Francis Ng, 19, a lifeguard sub-contractor poses in Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong October 7, 2014. "We have a team of 30 to 40 volunteers ready for the rescue. During my shift in the past eight days I have treated seven." Ng said, "Life is more important than politics. I am neutral." Reuters photographers Carlos Barria and Bobby Yip photographed protestors and details of life on the barricades, asking demonstrators what their role was in the movement, and what they wanted to happen. These two elements combine to form a portrait of the protests. Student protesters galvanized Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement with their energy, bringing tens of thousands of people on to the streets in a show of defiance against Beijing. As events of the last 12 days prove, however, sustaining momentum is difficult, and whatever success protesters had in pressuring the government by disrupting city life, they will always come up against a formidable foe - mainland China. Protest numbers have dwindled markedly to a few hundred people at times, and the focus for pro-democracy activists has switched to talks scheduled for Friday with key officials in the Hong Kong administration. Picture taken October 7, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CIVIL UNREST)

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Red cross signs are seen on road blocks used by protesters to set up a makeshift first aid station at the financial Central district in Hong Kong September 30, 2014. The stations were set up in various locations around protest areas, to prepare for injuries from possible confrontations with police. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH)

Relatives of crew members wave Chinese flags as China's hospital ship "Peace Ark" leaves a naval port for the Philippines, to assist the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, in Zhoushan Island, Zhejiang Province November 21, 2013. China is sending a hospital ship to the Philippines following foreign and domestic criticism that it was slow and less than generous in its response to one of the world's biggest typhoons, which killed at least 4,000 people. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing confirmed on Tuesday the deployment of the 14,000-tonne "Peace Ark" as state television reported the arrival of the first batch of Chinese relief supplies in the Philippines. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY SOCIETY HEALTH MARITIME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Zhang Bin, a Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier, carries a 60-year-old survivor as he runs down a stretch of the road to Lingguan township which was recently cleared of debris from landslides caused by Saturday's earthquake, in Baoxing county in Ya'an, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Villagers walk in between destroyed cars in Shangpu village in China's southern Guangdong province March 5, 2013. Over 20 cars belonging to what the villagers call "triads" or local gangsters were destroyed during a clash in late February in which the villagers successfully chased off the intruders. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/James Pomfret (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The prison where Wan Kuok-koi, a senior leader of the 14K organised crime triad, has been held for over 14 years in Macau, is seen in this exterior view taken November 26, 2012. Wan "Broken Tooth" Kuok-koi will emerge from jail this weekend into a very different Macau gambling haven than the one he bullied in the late-1990s. Under new leadership, chosen at a Chinese Communist Party Congress this month where corruption was a dominant theme, Beijing is sending strong signals to Macau authorities to tighten regulation and promote responsible gaming in the world's casino capital. Picture taken November 26, 2012. To match story GAMING-MACAU/ REUTERS/James Pomfret (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW)

Soldier takes a nap on the road after rescuing in Yiliang, Yunnan province September 8, 2012. Rescuers in southwestern China tried on Saturday to reach remote communities rocked by back-to-back earthquakes that killed at least 89 people and damaged many thousands of buildings, state media reported said. REUTERS/Wong Campion (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY)

A member of the Chinese military forces blow-dries a man's hair as community service during the "Learning from Lei Feng Day" in a central square in Shanghai March 5, 2012. Lei Feng, a lieutenant in the People Liberation Army, who died in an accident in 1962, was posthumously deified as a national hero for his self-sacrificing and patriotic acts. Lei remained a cultural icon representing earnestness and service; his name entered daily speech and his imagery appeared on t-shirts and memorabilia. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY MILITARY)

Two members of "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA), painted in blue and green, are stopped by police after marching with a banner that reads "Save the Planet, Go Vegan", along a pedestrian area of Nanjing Road in downtown Shanghai November 9, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

The site where a bomb hidden on a motorbike exploded outside an ethnic Chinese community organisation is seen in a border town of Thailand's Sungai Kolok district, in Narathiwat province September 16, 2011. Three bombs exploded on Thailand's border with Malaysia on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least 60, hours after suspected insurgents walked into a packed mosque and shot dead two Muslims. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

The site where a bomb hidden on a motorbike exploded outside an ethnic Chinese community organisation is seen in a border town of Thailand's Sungai Kolok district, in Narathiwat province September 16, 2011. Three bombs exploded on Thailand's border with Malaysia on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least 60, hours after suspected insurgents walked into a packed mosque and shot dead two Muslims. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

A policeman inspects the site where a bomb hidden on a motorbike exploded outside an ethnic Chinese community organisation in a border town of Thailand's Sungai Kolok district, in Narathiwat province September 16, 2011. Three bombs exploded on Thailand's border with Malaysia on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least 60, hours after suspected insurgents walked into a packed mosque and shot dead two Muslims. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

Policemen inspect the site where a bomb hidden on a motorbike exploded outside an ethnic Chinese community organisation in a border town of Thailand's Sungai Kolok district, in Narathiwat province September 16, 2011. Three bombs exploded on Thailand's border with Malaysia on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least 60, hours after suspected insurgents walked into a packed mosque and shot dead two Muslims. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

Policemen inspect the site where a bomb hidden on a motorbike exploded outside an ethnic Chinese community organisation in a border town of Thailand's Sungai Kolok district, in Narathiwat province September 16, 2011. Three bombs exploded on Thailand's border with Malaysia on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least 60, hours after suspected insurgents walked into a packed mosque and shot dead two Muslims. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

Policemen inspect the site of a bomb hidden on a motorbike which exploded outside an ethnic Chinese community organisation in a border town of Thailand's Sungai Kolok district, in Narathiwat province September 16, 2011. Three bombs exploded on Thailand's border with Malaysia on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least 60, hours after suspected insurgents walked into a packed mosque and shot dead two Muslims. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

An anti-nuclear protester wearing a mask attends a rally organized by Greenpeace to demand the government immediately stop the expansion of nuclear power offered by mainland China in Hong Kong April 24, 2011. The Chinese characters read, "No nuclear in Hong Kong". REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY CIVIL UNREST)

Police arrest a man (R) in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai, after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

A man passes by as police (rear, C) arrest an unidentified man in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai, after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)

A policeman reacts as he tries to stop media from taking photos during the arrest of a man (not pictured), after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

Police arrest a man in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai, after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A policeman asks a foreign journalist (L) to leave the area near the Peace Cinema, after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST MEDIA)

Policemen disperse a crowd after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Police arrest a man after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Police arrest a man after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Police arrest a man (R) after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

A man (2nd R) is arrested by police after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

Police arrest two men (C) after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

Police disperse a crowd after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

Police disperse a crowd after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

A man (R) is arrested by police and taken to a police vehicle after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

A man (R) is arrested by police and taken to a police vehicle after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)

A man is arrested by police after calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" protest, organised through the internet, in front of the Peace Cinema in downtown Shanghai February 27, 2011. An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East. Lines of police checked passers-by and warned away foreign photo journalists in downtown Beijing and Shanghai after a U.S.-based Chinese website spread calls for Chinese people to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and stage gatherings in support of democratic change. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A member of Migrante International, a Filipino migrant organisation, displays a portrait of Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, one of three Filipinos sentenced to death for drug smuggling in China, during a protest outside the presidential palace in Manila February 21, 2011. China has postponed the execution of three Filipinos after Vice-President Jejomar Binay flew to Beijing last Friday and appealed to stay the execution. Two women and a man are expected to be executed in two southern Chinese cities for drug trafficking. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

A member of Migrante International, a Filipino migrant organisation, displays a placard demanding legal assistance for her relatives during a protest outside the presidential palace in Manila February 21, 2011. China has postponed the execution of three Filipinos after Vice-President Jejomar Binay flew to Beijing last Friday and appealed to stay the execution. Two women and a man are expected to be executed in two southern Chinese cities for drug trafficking. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

MEXICO/HOMICIDES - Colour coded map of Mexico detailing numbers of homicides attributed to different drug gangs. RNGS. Note: colour only graphic. (SIN05)

Rescuers reinforce the bank of the Changhe River in the flooded area of Poyang in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, July 20, 2010. Much of China has been suffering flooding and landslides after weeks of torrential downpours. At least 146 people have died since the start of this month, as a result of the rains, and another 40 are missing. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

Rescuers prepare a boat to search for people stranded by the flood in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, July 20, 2010. Much of China has been suffering flooding and landslides after weeks of torrential downpours. At least 146 people have died since the start of this month, as a result of the rains, and another 40 are missing. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER POLITICS)

An activist from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wears fur and is caged during an anti-fur protest outside the International Fur & Fashion Fair in Hong Kong February 25, 2010. The group said China is the world's largest exporter of fur and that animal protection laws in the country are virtually non-existent. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS FASHION CIVIL UNREST)

A senior military officer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army speaks to members of China International Search and Rescue Team during a departure ceremony at Beijing airport January 13, 2010. A 50-member Chinese rescue team is ready to depart for quake-hit Haiti later on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake rattled the Caribbean country. The team consists of search and rescue personnel who have conducted many rescue tasks of this kind in the past years, and three sniffer dogs, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: MILITARY DISASTER POLITICS SOCIETY)

Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds the court's official verdict outside the office of her husband's lawyer in Beijing December 25, 2009. China's most prominent dissident, Liu, who turns 54 on Monday and a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison on charges of "incitement to subvert state power", his lawyer said. Liu helped organise the "Charter 08" petition which called for sweeping political reforms, and before that was prominent in the 1989 pro-democracy protests centred on Tiananmen Square that were crushed by armed troops. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, talks with her husband's defence lawyer Shang Baojun, outside his office in Beijing December 25, 2009. China's most prominent dissident, Liu, who turns 54 on Monday and a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison on charges of "incitement to subvert state power", his lawyer said. Liu helped organise the "Charter 08" petition which called for sweeping political reforms, and before that was prominent in the 1989 pro-democracy protests centred on Tiananmen Square that were crushed by armed troops. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, reacts as she reads the court's official verdict outside the office of her husband's lawyer in Beijing December 25, 2009. China's most prominent dissident, Liu, who turns 54 on Monday and a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison on charges of "incitement to subvert state power", his lawyer said. Liu helped organise the "Charter 08" petition which called for sweeping political reforms, and before that was prominent in the 1989 pro-democracy protests centred on Tiananmen Square that were crushed by armed troops. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, reacts as she reads the court's official verdict outside the office of her husband's lawyer in Beijing December 25, 2009. China's most prominent dissident, Liu, who turns 54 on Monday and a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison on charges of "incitement to subvert state power", his lawyer said. Liu helped organise the "Charter 08" petition which called for sweeping political reforms, and before that was prominent in the 1989 pro-democracy protests centred on Tiananmen Square that were crushed by armed troops. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Shang Baojun (C), one of the defence lawyers for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, shakes hands with U.S. embassy staff upon his arrival at the court where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Shang Baojun (3rd L), one of the defence lawyers for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, is held by a policeman upon his arrival at the court where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Policewomen take video and photographs of journalists outside the courthouse where Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most prominent dissidents, is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

A sign indicating where members of the media are permitted to stand is seen outside the courthouse where Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most prominent dissidents, is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Chinese artist Ai WeiWei (C) walks past police as he arrives to give support to Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most prominent dissidents, outside the courthouse where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

A supporter of Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most prominent dissidents, holds a sign reading "Free Liu" outside the courthouse where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)

A plainclothes policeman (R) moves in to pull down a banner held by a supporter of Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most prominent dissidents, outside a courthouse where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. Part of the banner reads, "Freedom hero Liu is not guilty. Long live democracy". REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)