Activists from several pro-democracy groups demonstrate against what they say is Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic cleansing, and sentencing of two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to seven years in jail, outside the Myanmar consulate in Hong Kong, China September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip 

Activists from several pro-democracy groups demonstrate against what they say is Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic cleansing, and sentencing of two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to seven years in jail, outside the Myanmar consulate in Hong Kong, China September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip 

Activists from several pro-democracy groups demonstrate against what they say is Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic cleansing, and sentencing of two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to seven years in jail, outside the Myanmar consulate in Hong Kong, China September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip 

Fort Laramie treaty rider, Austin Warrior, 11, and his sister Delores Warrior, 19 months, both from Pine Ridge Reservation are covered with burning sage smoke in Harrison, Nebraska, U.S., April 24, 2018. Dawn and dusk found riders and horses in a circle waiting to be "smudged." A person would pass with sage, a sacred herb thought to cleanse, smoking in a coffee can be lashed to a pole. Everyone pulled the smoke over themselves and the horses. Afterward a prayer, maybe a song. If it was morning, the riders would set out single file behind one rider carrying a sacred staff. At night, horses were corralled before dinner. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on the Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state triggered a response by the army and Buddhist vigilantes so brutal a senior U.N. official denounced it as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. Days, weeks and months after the Aug. 25 violence, more than 600,000 Rohingya fled to Muslim Bangladesh, trekking over mountains and through forests and rice fields inundated by monsoon rain. Many of the refugees were traumatised, exhausted and hungry, some wounded by bullets, knives or clubs, many with burns. Many women said they had been raped. All of the refugees brought accounts of a campaign of murderous violence and arson by the Myanmar security forces and Buddhist civilians that they believed was aimed at driving them out of the country. Mostly Buddhist Myanmar denies the accusations. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo SEARCH "POY ROHINGYA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2017 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: GLOBAL-POY/MYANMAR-ROHINGYA 

Dawn hues of pink and purple reveal a dusty valley in Bangladesh's southern hills quilted with a dense settlement of red tents home to more than 230 women and children grieving for lost husbands and fathers. They are among more than 625,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh since late August, following a crackdown by the Myanmar military in response to attacks on security forces by Rohingya militants. Most Rohingya are stateless and seen as illegal immigrants by Buddhist-majority Myanmar. The United Nations and United States have described the military's actions as ethnic cleansing, and rights groups have accused the security forces of atrocities, including mass rape, arson and killings. Myanmar's government has denied most of the claims, and the army has said its own probe found no evidence of wrongdoing by troops. There are 50 tents and no men in the camp for widows and orphans, the biggest of three sites built with donor funds from Muslim-majority Pakistan in the refugee settlement of Balukhali not far from Bangladesh's resort town of Cox's Bazar. Two makeshift kitchens provide space for cooking in small holes in the ground, a new well is being dug to supplement a water pump, and a big tent serves for prayers. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj SEARCH "ROHINGYA WIDOWS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Scared, hungry and beaten badly, Rohingya women fleeing an army crackdown in Myanmar recount harrowing tales of destruction and death: a father burned alive, an uncle slaughtered with a machete, a brother arrested and not heard from again. But huddled in makeshift refugee camps, dependent on food rations and the mercy of fellow refugees, they also carry something else: hope inspired by their newborn children, for whom Bangladesh is now home. The babies' delicate features present a sharp contrast with the squalid conditions of the makeshift refugee camp, where a skipped meal or food poisoning can mean the difference between survival or death. The Myanmar army launched its "clearance operation" after Rohingya insurgents attacked border guard posts in northwestern Rakhine state in October. The United Nations said it had committed mass killings and gang rapes and burned villages in a campaign that may amount to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain SEARCH "ROHINGYA MOTHERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Matching text MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/MOTHERS 

An indigenous Sahrawi woman washes her laundry in a refugee camp of Boudjdour in Tindouf, southern Algeria March 3, 2016. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit the Sahrawi refugees in south-west Algeria's Tindouf region. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a meeting with representatives of foreign media in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2015. Turkey's prime minister accused Russia on Wednesday of attempted "ethnic cleansing" in northern Syria, saying Moscow was trying to drive out the local Turkmen and Sunni Muslim populations to protect its military interests in the region. Ahmet Davutoglu's comments could further harm strained relations between Moscow and Ankara, already at their worst in recent memory after Turkish forces downed a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border late last month. REUTERS/Murad Sezer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a meeting with representatives of foreign media in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2015. Turkey's prime minister accused Russia on Wednesday of attempted "ethnic cleansing" in northern Syria, saying Moscow was trying to drive out the local Turkmen and Sunni Muslim populations to protect its military interests in the region. Ahmet Davutoglu's comments could further harm strained relations between Moscow and Ankara, already at their worst in recent memory after Turkish forces downed a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border late last month. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a meeting with representatives of foreign media in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2015. Turkey's prime minister accused Russia on Wednesday of attempted "ethnic cleansing" in northern Syria, saying Moscow was trying to drive out the local Turkmen and Sunni Muslim populations to protect its military interests in the region. Ahmet Davutoglu's comments could further harm strained relations between Moscow and Ankara, already at their worst in recent memory after Turkish forces downed a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border late last month. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a meeting with representatives of foreign media in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2015. Turkey's prime minister accused Russia on Wednesday of attempted "ethnic cleansing" in northern Syria, saying Moscow was trying to drive out the local Turkmen and Sunni Muslim populations to protect its military interests in the region. Ahmet Davutoglu's comments could further harm strained relations between Moscow and Ankara, already at their worst in recent memory after Turkish forces downed a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border late last month. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

An indigenous man from the Tabajara tribe of Brazil washing his hands in a bathroom during the I World Games for Indigenous People in Palmas, Brazil, October 30, 2015. Picture taken October 30, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino 

Serbian riot police stand guard in front of the Croatian embassy during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in Belgrade, Serbia August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event as 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Serbian nationalists shout slogans in front of the Croatian embassy during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in Belgrade, Serbia August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event as 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Serbian nationalists shout slogans in front of the Croatian embassy during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in Belgrade, Serbia August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event as 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj (C behind the flag) and his party members burn Croatian national flag in front of Croatian embassy during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in Belgrade, Serbia August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event as 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj (3rd R) and his party members burn the Croatian national flag in front of the Croatian embassy during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in Belgrade, Serbia August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event as 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj (C) and his party members burn the Croatian national flag in front of the Croatian embassy during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in Belgrade, Serbia August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event as 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj (not seen) and his party members burn the Croatian national flag in front of Croatian embassy during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in Belgrade, Serbia August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event as 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

A woman crosses herself during a memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in front of the St. Marko church in Belgrade, Serbia, August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary of a military blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event it calls 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

A man flashes a traditional Serbian Orthodox three-finger sign during a memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in front of the parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary of a military blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event it calls 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

People light candles during a memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in front of the St. Marko church in Belgrade, Serbia, August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary of a military blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event it calls 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

People walk along a street during a memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in front of the parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary of a military blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event it calls 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. The text on the banner reads 'Storm = Crime'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

Serbian orthodox priests hold a memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in front of the St. Marko church in Belgrade, Serbia, August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary of a military blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event it calls 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

People ride on a tractor during a memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in front of the parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary of a military blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event it calls 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

A woman crosses herself during a memorial to mark the 20th anniversary of Croatia's four-day Operation Storm, in front of the St. Marko church in Belgrade, Serbia, August 5, 2015. Croatia rolled out tanks and waved flags to mark the 20th anniversary of a military blitz that ended its independence war while Serbia mourned the event it calls 'the biggest ethnic cleansing since World War Two'. REUTERS/Marko Djurica TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Berber women wash a child in Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco February 14, 2015. The snowy foothills of the High Atlas mountains in Morocco are home to several Berber villages where the inhabitants make their living by farming, baking bread in traditional ovens, herding cattle, and the making and selling of honey, olive oil and pottery. Extreme weather fluctuations and erosion that causes flooding and landslides have led to a drop in agricultural productivity, the United Nations said. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (MOROCCO - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A woman who fled from violence in Laukkai, Kokang region, washes her face at a temporary refugee camp set up in a monastery in Lashio February 19, 2015. Myanmar President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in the Kokang region in the east and imposed a three-month period of martial law there in an announcement on state television on Tuesday night. Fighting broke out on Feb. 9 between the Myanmar army and an ethnic Kokang force called the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), causing thousands of displaced civilians to flee, either to other areas in Myanmar or over the border into China. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) 

An indigenous woman washes clothes along a roadside in Peguche December 14, 2014. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja (ECUADOR - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) 

A man bathes under a broken water pipeline at a slum in Mumbai April 10, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Some of the 938 crosses in memoriam to 938 victims killed in Vukovar are seen at a memorial cemetery in Vukovar February 28, 2014. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man looks at pictures of victims killed by Yugoslavia's national Army and Serbia's paratroops in the 1991 massacre of non-Serbs in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar on display at the Ovcara Memorial Centre in Vukovar February 28, 2014. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

A man looks at pictures of victims killed by Yugoslavia's national Army and Serbia's paratroops in the 1991 massacre of non-Serbs in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar on display at the Ovcara Memorial Centre in Vukovar February 28, 2014. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Pictures of victims killed by Yugoslavia's national Army and Serbia's paratroops in the 1991 massacre of non-Serbs in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar are displayed in the Ovcara Memorial Centre in Vukovar February 28, 2014. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Personal items of victims killed by Yugoslavia's national Army and Serbia's paratroops in the 1991 massacre of non-Serbs in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar are displayed in the Ovcara Memorial Centre in Vukovar February 28, 2014. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Rosaries are displayed at the Ovcara mass grave site near Vukovar February 28, 2014. Ovcara is the biggest mass grave in Croatia where hundreds of Croatians were killed after Serb forces captured the town of Vukovar on November 18, 1991 during the 1991-1995 Serbo - Croatian war. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Monument to all fallen are seen at the Ovcara mass grave site near Vukovar February 28, 2014. Ovcara is the biggest mass grave in Croatia where hundreds of Croatians were killed after Serb forces captured the town of Vukovar on November 18, 1991 during the 1991-1995 Serbo - Croatian war. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Rosaries are displayed at the Ovcara mass grave site near Vukovar February 28, 2014. Ovcara is the biggest mass grave in Croatia where hundreds of Croatians were killed after Serb forces captured the town of Vukovar on November 18, 1991 during the 1991-1995 Serbo - Croatian war. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Bullet casings are seen on the floor in the Ovcara Memorial Centre in Vukovar February 28, 2014. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Pictures of victims killed by Yugoslavia's national Army and Serbia's paratroops in the 1991 massacre of non-Serbs in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar are displayed in the Ovcara Memorial Center in Vukovar February 28, 2014. The hearings in the Croatia-Serbia genocide trials before the International Court of Justice in The Hague are scheduled to start on March 3, in which the court will examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia, filed in 1999, seeks reparations from Serbia on the grounds that the Belgrade authorities were liable for ethnic cleansing committed against Croatian citizens during Croatia's four-year independence war against rebel Serb minority backed by Belgrade that claimed some 20,000 lives. Picture taken February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault gestures as he delivers a speech before a vote on whether to extend Operation Sangaris, the former colonial power's military mission in Central African Republic, at the National Assembly in Paris, February 25, 2014. France originally deployed 1,600 troops in December, but announced they plan on sending another 400 troops to help combat a crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in what a U.N. official described as a wave of "ethnic-religious cleansing". REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault delivers a speech before a vote on whether to extend Operation Sangaris, the former colonial power's military mission in Central African Republic, at the National Assembly in Paris, February 25, 2014. France originally deployed 1,600 troops in December, but announced they plan on sending another 400 troops to help combat a crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in what a U.N. official described as a wave of "ethnic-religious cleansing". REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attend a debate before a vote on whether to extend Operation Sangaris, the former colonial power's military mission in Central African Republic, at the National Assembly in Paris, February 25, 2014. France originally deployed 1,600 troops in December, but announced they plan on sending another 400 troops to help combat a crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in what a U.N. official described as a wave of "ethnic-religious cleansing". REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) speaks with Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian during a debate before a vote on whether to extend Operation Sangaris, the former colonial power's military mission in Central African Republic, at the National Assembly in Paris, February 25, 2014. France originally deployed 1,600 troops in December, but announced they plan on sending another 400 troops to help combat a crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in what a U.N. official described as a wave of "ethnic-religious cleansing". REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault gestures as he delivers a speech before a vote on whether to extend Operation Sangaris, the former colonial power's military mission in Central African Republic, at the National Assembly in Paris, February 25, 2014. France originally deployed 1,600 troops in December, but announced they plan on sending another 400 troops to help combat a crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in what a U.N. official described as a wave of "ethnic-religious cleansing". REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault gestures as he delivers a speech before a vote on whether to extend Operation Sangaris, the former colonial power's military mission in Central African Republic, at the National Assembly in Paris, February 25, 2014. France originally deployed 1,600 troops in December, but announced they plan on sending another 400 troops to help combat a crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in what a U.N. official described as a wave of "ethnic-religious cleansing". REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault delivers a speech before a vote on whether to extend Operation Sangaris, the former colonial power's military mission in Central African Republic, at the National Assembly in Paris, February 25, 2014. France originally deployed 1,600 troops in December, but announced they plan on sending another 400 troops to help combat a crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in what a U.N. official described as a wave of "ethnic-religious cleansing". REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Local Red Cross workers carry a body as they move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

An African peacekeeping soldier stands guard as Red Cross workers move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Local Red Cross workers carry a body as they move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Local Red Cross workers carry a body as they move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Local Red Cross workers gather as they move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Local Red Cross workers carry a body as they move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Local Red Cross workers carry a body as they move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

An African peacekeeping soldier stands guard as Red Cross workers move bodies from a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 17, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Bangui's public prosecutor Ghislain Gresenguet (C) stands with African and French peacekeeping troops near a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 Villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 14, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic, as peacekeepers uncovered the mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest in a that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. Their campaign of rape, torture and executions against the majority Christian population triggered inter-religious violence which has displaced a million people. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) 

African and French peace keeping troops stand near a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 Villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 14, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic, as peacekeepers uncovered the mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest in a that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. Their campaign of rape, torture and executions against the majority Christian population triggered inter-religious violence which has displaced a million people. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A Central African soldier stands near a hole where decomposed bodies are found at a military camp in the 200 Villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 14, 2014. A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic, as peacekeepers uncovered the mass grave at the military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the latest in a that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. Their campaign of rape, torture and executions against the majority Christian population triggered inter-religious violence which has displaced a million people. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS) 

People carry sacks filled with leaves after washing them on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata February 12, 2014. The leaves will be used to decorate flower bouquets. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY)