A person passes a strip of stickers during a rally against the Virginia Democrats' plan to pass gun legislation, at the Virginia State Capitol building, in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

Feminist activists, members of the organisation "Osez le Feminisme", take part in a protest calling to change French statutory rape laws after a man was acquitted of raping an 11-year-old after the prosecution was unable to prove it was not consensual, in Paris, France November 14, 2017.. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

A feminist activist holds placards near the Justice ministry during a protest calling to change French statutory rape laws after a man was acquitted of raping an 11-year-old after the prosecution was unable to prove it was not consensual, in Paris, France November 14, 2017. The placards read "Impunity for them, perpetuity for her" and "Feminist world revolution". REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

A feminist activist holds placards near the Justice ministry during a protest calling to change French statutory rape laws after a man was acquitted of raping an 11-year-old after the prosecution was unable to prove it was not consensual, in Paris, France November 14, 2017. Placards read "I am raped" and "Feminist World revolution". REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

A man walks into the Legislative Council surrounded by barrier fence, in Hong Kong, China December 10, 2015. Hong Kong police are investigating a small fire and explosion outside the city's legislature hours after a contentious copyright bill, which opponents say will restrict freedom of expression, had been up for debate. REUTERS/Bobby Yip 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) looks at lawmakers crowding around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) leaves an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation during a vote at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) leaves an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation during a vote at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R) sits next to Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) as he looks at lawmakers crowding around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Masahisa Sato (top C), a member of the upper house special committee on security, and other lawmakers shout as they crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R) looks at lawmakers crowding around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroe Makiyama (green) climbs over other lawmakers who are guarding Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, before a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroyuki Konishi (top) climbs over other lawmakers who are guarding Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, before a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroyuki Konishi (top) climbs over other lawmakers who are guarding Yoshitada Konoike, chairman of the upper house special committee on security, before a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. A panel in Japan's upper house on Thursday approved legislation for a security policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) looks at Yoshitada Konoike (L), chairman of the upper house special committee on security, next to committee members Masahisa Sato (2nd L) and Junichi Ishii at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Guatemala's new Vice President Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria (C) shakes hands with lawmakers as he arrives at Congress in Guatemala City September 16, 2015. Soria was elected vice president on Wednesday by members of Congress after the post was made vacant with the appointment of Alejandro Maldonado as Guatemala's caretaker president following the resignation of President Otto Perez. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez 

Opposition lawmakers crowd around Masahisa Sato (L), deputation chairman of the upper house special committee on security, as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (top 3rd R) looks on at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition lawmakers stand around Yoshitada Konoike (C/L on the chair), chairman of the upper house special committee on security, at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition lawmakers crowd around Masahisa Sato (2nd L), deputation chairman of the upper house special committee on security, at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) leaves an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (top R) takes a seat as opposition lawmakers storming to Masahisa Sato, deputation chairman of the upper house special committee on security, at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (top R) looks at opposition lawmakers as they crowd around Masahisa Sato (unseen), deputation chairman of the upper house special committee on security, at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition lawmakers crowd around Masahisa Sato (2nd L), deputation chairman of the upper house special committee on security, at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition lawmakers crowd around Masahisa Sato (Center L), deputation chairman of the upper house special committee on security, at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

Opposition lawmakers crowd around Masahisa Sato (2nd L), deputation chairman of the upper house special committee on security, at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2015. Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (L) listens to Department of Health and Mental Hygene Dr, Mary Bassett while she speaks to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (L) speaks to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (R) listens to Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito while she speaks to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (R) arrives to speak to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (C) speaks to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (L) speaks to Department of Health and Mental Hygene Dr, Mary Bassett while they attend a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (R) speaks to Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito while they attend a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaires' disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the media during a news conference to introduce legislation intended to reduce the risk of Legionnaire's disease in New York August 10, 2015. An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City has been linked to water in air conditioner cooling towers, including one on the roof of a hospital in the affected region. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 

A man walks through a shopping arcade in central Athens, Greece, July 21, 2015. The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Men sit in front of a shop in central Athens, Greece, July 21, 2015. The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

A man pulls a shopping cart in Athens, Greece, July 21, 2015. The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A woman walks past an Alpha Bank ATM and a shopping window announcing sales in central Athens, Greece, July 21, 2015. The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties.The graffiti on the ATM reads NO. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Women browse clothes for sale in a shop in central Athens, Greece, July 21, 2015.The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

People are seen at the entrance of Athens' main fish market, July 21, 2015. The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

A pensioner holds a priority ticket outside a National Bank branch as they wait to receive part of their pensions in Athens, Greece, July 21, 2015. The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

People line up outside a National Bank branch while a Greek Orthodox priest walks by in Athens, Greece, July 21, 2015.The Greek government submitted legislation to parliament on Tuesday required by its international lenders to start talks on a multi-billion euro rescue package. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get those measures adopted in the assembly. A first set of reforms triggered a rebellion in his party last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Yasukazu Hamada (2nd R), chairman of the Lower House Special Committee on on Security, shouts as he is surrounded by opposition lawmakers during a vote on on the security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo July 15, 2015. Legislation to implement a dramatic change in Japanese defence policy that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two was approved by a lower house panel on Wednesday, despite opposition from a majority of ordinary voters. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signs an anti-homosexual bill into law at the state house in Entebbe, 36 km (22 miles) southwest of the capital Kampala February 24, 2014. Museveni signed into law on Monday an anti-gay bill that toughens already strict legislation against homosexuals, defying warnings from the United States that relations could be complicated by the new rules. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds forcefully to intense questioning on the September attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) (R) chat about the time as they cross paths during a senate vote in the early morning hours at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 1, 2013. The Senate moved the U.S. economy back from the edge of a "fiscal cliff" on Tuesday, voting to avoid imminent tax hikes and spending cuts in a
bipartisan deal that could still face stiff challenges in the
House of Representatives. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is embraced at the Assembly Hall of Church House, after a vote of the General Synod of the Church of England in London November 20, 2012. The Church of England voted on Tuesday against legislation that would have allowed the ordination of women bishops, the culmination of more than 10 years of divisive debate, after the proposal failed to win the backing of lay members. REUTERS/Yui Mok/POOL (BRITAIN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A demonstrator waves a flag on top of a clock tower during a protest demanding the inclusion of Islamic Law in the constitution, in Tunis March 25, 2012. The flag reads, "There is no god but Allah and Mohammad is his prophet". REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) 

Veiled women take part in a protest demanding the inclusion of Islamic Law in the constitution, in Tunis March 25, 2012. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) 

A sign indicating photography is not permitted hangs on a wall in a public gallery in Sydney July 21, 2011. Australia is looking at strengthening privacy laws because of public concern over media intrusion in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the British operations of News Corp, the government said on Thursday. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor launched a consultation process on a new statutory right for people to sue for "serious invasion of privacy", pointing to increased public unease after the News of the World scandal. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS MEDIA) 

USA-CALIFORNIA/POLL - Charts latest opinion poll findings of voting intentions on California's proposed legalisation of marijuana. RNGS. (SIN01)