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WASHINGTON — 2018 was a year of political drama, major tragedies, royal celebrations and more. The Associated Press was on hand for most of it.

Check out this gallery of select photos from the year that was.

Lava flows down the slopes of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines, seen from Legazpi city, 340 kilometers (210 miles) southeast of Manila, on Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Dan Amaranto) — Lava flows down the slopes of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines, seen from Legazpi city, 210 miles southeast of Manila, on Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Dan Amaranto)

Parents wait for news of their loved ones after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)

President Donald Trump, joined by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Carson Abt, right, and Julia Cordover, the school's student body president, pauses during a listening session with high school students, teachers and others at the White House in Washington on Feb. 21, 2018, a week after a gunman massacred 17 people at the Florida high school. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) — President Donald Trump, joined by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Carson Abt, right, and Julia Cordover, the school’s student body president, pauses during a listening session with high school students, teachers and others at the White House in Washington on Feb. 21, 2018, a week after a gunman massacred 17 people at the Florida high school. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Donald Trump holds notes during a listening session with high school students and teachers at the White House in Washington on Feb. 21, 2018. Trump heard the stories of students and parents affected by school shootings, one week after the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Visitors pay their respects as the casket of Reverend Billy Graham lies in honor at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Feb. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Journalists watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, on March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Students who walked out of school to protest gun violence participate in a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on March 14, 2018. The protest was in response to the massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) — Students who walked out of school to protest gun violence participate in a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on March 14, 2018. The protest was in response to the massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Looking west toward the White House, people fill Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control on March 24, 2018. The rally was organized following the mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) — Looking west toward the White House, people fill Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington during the “March for Our Lives” rally in support of gun control on March 24, 2018. The rally was organized following the mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along the Gaza Strip border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Employees at the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia, remove the U.S flag on March 31, 2018, after Russia announced it was closing the consulate and expelling more than 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans. The move was in retaliation for the wave of Western expulsions of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Surface to air missile fire lights up the sky over Damascus at the U.S. launches an attack on Syria early on April 14, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the airstrikes in retaliation for Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) — Surface to air missile fire lights up the sky over Damascus at the U.S. launches an attack on Syria early on April 14, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the airstrikes in retaliation for Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, left, stands with her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, after speaking outside federal court in New York on April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Outgoing President Raul Castro raises his arms in celebration after Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation's new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba on April 19, 2018. Castro passed Cuba's presidency to Diaz-Canel, putting the island's government in the hands of someone outside the Castro family for the first time in nearly six decades. Raul Castro remains head of the powerful Communist Party that oversees political and social activities. (Adalberto Roque/Pool via AP) — Outgoing President Raul Castro raises his arms in celebration after Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation’s new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba on April 19, 2018. Castro passed Cuba’s presidency to Diaz-Canel, putting the island’s government in the hands of someone outside the Castro family for the first time in nearly six decades. Raul Castro remains head of the powerful Communist Party that oversees political and social activities. (Adalberto Roque/Pool via AP)

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., arrives at the Capitol for a close vote with her new daughter, Maile, bundled against the wind, in Washington on April 19, 2018. In an historic change in Senate rules, the lawmakers decided to allow babies of members on the floor during votes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush arrive at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston for the funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush on April 21, 2018. Seated in the front row, from left, are former first lady Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, former first lady Michelle Obama, former President Barack Obama and first lady Melania Trump. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) — Former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush arrive at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston for the funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush on April 21, 2018. Seated in the front row, from left, are former first lady Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, former first lady Michelle Obama, former President Barack Obama and first lady Melania Trump. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, wave as she holds their newborn son outside St. Mary's Hospital in London on April 23, 2018. The baby boy is the third child for Kate and Prince William and fifth in line to the British throne. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) — Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, wave as she holds their newborn son outside St. Mary’s Hospital in London on April 23, 2018. The baby boy is the third child for Kate and Prince William and fifth in line to the British throne. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in cross the military demarcation line at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding ceremony in Windsor, England, near London, on May 19, 2018. (Ben Birchhall/pool photo via AP) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding ceremony in Windsor, England, near London, on May 19, 2018. (Ben Birchhall/pool photo via AP)

A zoo worker plays with a 5-month-old panda at the Malaysia Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 26, 2018. The female panda, which has not yet been named, is the second offspring of giant pandas Liang Liang and Xing Xing, who have been on a 10-year loan to Malaysia from China since 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, accused of being the Golden State Killer, stands in a Sacramento, Calif., jail court on May 29, 2018, as a judge weighs how much information to release about his arrest. DeAngelo is suspected in at least a dozen killings and roughly 50 rapes in the 1970s and '80s. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool) — Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, accused of being the Golden State Killer, stands in a Sacramento, Calif., jail court on May 29, 2018, as a judge weighs how much information to release about his arrest. DeAngelo is suspected in at least a dozen killings and roughly 50 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)

Rescue workers search in El Rodeo, one of the hamlets in the disaster area near the Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," in Escuintla, Guatemala, on June 5, 2018. The fiery volcanic eruption in south-central Guatemala killed scores as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) — Rescue workers search in El Rodeo, one of the hamlets in the disaster area near the Volcan de Fuego, or “Volcano of Fire,” in Escuintla, Guatemala, on June 5, 2018. The fiery volcanic eruption in south-central Guatemala killed scores as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A body is covered in volcanic ash spewed by the Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," in Escuintla, Guatemala, on June 4, 2018. The fiery volcanic eruption in south-central Guatemala sent lava flowing into rural communities, killing dozens as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. (AP Photo/Luis Soto) — A body is covered in volcanic ash spewed by the Volcan de Fuego, or “Volcano of Fire,” in Escuintla, Guatemala, on June 4, 2018. The fiery volcanic eruption in south-central Guatemala sent lava flowing into rural communities, killing dozens as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

Lava from the Kilauea volcano flows near the Puna Geothermal Venture power plant in Pahoa, Hawaii, on June 10, 2018. (AP Photo/L.E. Baskow)

President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hessah al-Ajaji drives her car down busy Tahlia Street after midnight for the first time in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on June 24, 2018, just minutes after the world's last remaining ban on women driving was lifted. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) — Hessah al-Ajaji drives her car down busy Tahlia Street after midnight for the first time in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on June 24, 2018, just minutes after the world’s last remaining ban on women driving was lifted. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A father and his 3-year-old son are detained in the back of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle on July 18, 2018, in San Luis, Ariz. The boy, his father and two siblings were arrested by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who spotted them crossing a canal along the the international border. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Victims of clergy sexual abuse, or their family members, react as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims in six Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Cars are blocked on the Morandi highway bridge after a large section of it collapsed in Genoa, Italy, on Aug. 14, 2018, during a sudden and violent storm. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Michael Cohen leaves Federal court in New York on Aug. 21, 2018, after pleading guilty to charges including campaign finance fraud stemming from hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Aretha Franklin lies in her casket at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit during a public visitation on Aug. 28, 2018. Franklin died on Aug. 16 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)

Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., rests her head on his casket during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Aug. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

A volunteer member of the advance team for President Donald Trump blocks a camera as a photojournalist attempts to take a photo of a protester during a campaign rally in Evansville, Ind., on Aug. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Flames engulf the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 2, 2018. The fire destroyed thousands of items related to the history of Brazil and other countries. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Fred Guttenberg, left, the father of Jamie Guttenberg, who was killed in the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., attempts to shake hands with Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, as he leaves for a lunch break during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. Kavanaugh did not shake his hand. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) — Fred Guttenberg, left, the father of Jamie Guttenberg, who was killed in the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., attempts to shake hands with Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, as he leaves for a lunch break during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. Kavanaugh did not shake his hand. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Embers fly above a firefighter hustling to control a backfire as the Delta Fire burns in the California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest on Sept. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) — Embers fly above a firefighter hustling to control a backfire as the Delta Fire burns in the California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest on Sept. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Johnstown, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2018, before Trump's speech during the September 11 Flight 93 Memorial Service in Shanksville, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Johnstown, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2018, before Trump’s speech during the September 11 Flight 93 Memorial Service in Shanksville, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mourners pay their respects at the coffin of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Accra International Conference Center in Ghana on Sept. 11, 2018. Annan died in Switzerland at age 80. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Bob Richling carries Iris Darden, 84, out of her flooded home as her daughter-in-law, Pam Darden, gathers her belongings in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C. on Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Accuser Andrea Constand, left, reacts at a news conference with prosecutor Kristen Feden after Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years for sexual assault on Sept. 25, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Bill Cosby is escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pa., on Sept. 25, 2018, following his sentencing to a three-to-10-year prison sentence for sexual assault. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

This image provided by the Montgomery County Correctional Facility shows Bill Cosby on Sept. 25, 2018, after he was sentenced to three to 10 years for sexual assault. (Montgomery County Correctional Facility via AP)

Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, at the start of her testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP)

Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pro independence demonstrators throw paint at Catalan police officers during clashes in Barcelona, Spain, on Sept. 29, 2018, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region's illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) — Pro independence demonstrators throw paint at Catalan police officers during clashes in Barcelona, Spain, on Sept. 29, 2018, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region’s illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

A severely malnourished boy rests on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Center, in Hajjah, Yemen, on Oct. 1, 2018. Malnutrition, cholera, and other epidemic diseases have ravaged through displaced and impoverished communities in Yemen, threatening to worsen the world's largest humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) — A severely malnourished boy rests on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Center, in Hajjah, Yemen, on Oct. 1, 2018. Malnutrition, cholera, and other epidemic diseases have ravaged through displaced and impoverished communities in Yemen, threatening to worsen the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

A man walks through the Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, 2018, four days after a massive earthquake struck the region. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

An Indonesian trooper stands beside a toppled mosque as recovery efforts continue at the earthquake-hit Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Oct. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Palestinians hurl stones during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel on Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) — Palestinians hurl stones during a protest at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel on Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A storm chaser climbs into his vehicle to retrieve equipment after a hotel canopy collapsed, as the eye of Hurricane Michael passes over Panama City Beach, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rescue personnel search through debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Harvey Weinstein, center, enters State Supreme Court in New York on Oct. 11, 2018. A year earlier, Weinstein was a catalyst in launching the #MeToo movement, which took off in October 2017 after reports in The New Yorker and The New York Times detailed multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

A security guard passes a document to a colleague outside Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 15, 2018, nearly two weeks after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the consulate. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) — A security guard passes a document to a colleague outside Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 15, 2018, nearly two weeks after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the consulate. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Salah Khashoggi, a son of Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 23, 2018. The meeting came just days after Saudi Arabia acknowledged that Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in what they claimed was a "fistfight." (Saudi Press Agency via AP) — In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Salah Khashoggi, a son of Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 23, 2018. The meeting came just days after Saudi Arabia acknowledged that Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in what they claimed was a “fistfight.” (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, talk during an event to announce new strategic actions to combat the opioid crisis at the Department of Justice's National Opioid Summit in Washington on Oct. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, talk during an event to announce new strategic actions to combat the opioid crisis at the Department of Justice’s National Opioid Summit in Washington on Oct. 25, 2018. Sessions was forced out as attorney general days later. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Members of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan stand on a road after federal police briefly blocked their way outside the town of Arriaga, Mexico, on Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A group of Central American migrants bound for the U.S. border wade together across the Suchiate River, which connects Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on Oct. 29, 2018. An earlier group was able to cross the river on rafts — an option now blocked by Mexican Navy river and shore patrols. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

Students from the Yeshiva School in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh pay their respects as the funeral procession for Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz passes their school en route to Homewood Cemetery on Oct. 30, 2018, following a funeral service at the Jewish Community Center. Rabinowitz was one of several people killed in a mass shooting while worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue three days earlier. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Relatives of passengers on the crashed Lion Air jet check personal belongings retrieved from the waters where the airplane is believed to have crashed, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Sydney Crawford, 84, left, of New York, and JoAnn Loulan, 70, of Portola Valley, Calif., cheer as election returns come in during a Democratic party election night event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighters push a car from a garage as a wildfire fire burns a home in Malibu, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

World leaders, from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Morocco's Prince Moulay Hassan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, U.S. first lady Melania Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as part of the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice, which ended World War I, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP) — World leaders, from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Morocco’s Prince Moulay Hassan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, U.S. first lady Melania Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as part of the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice, which ended World War I, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

Denise Chester, who had to evacuate her home from the Camp Fire, hugs her son Antonio Batres as she volunteers sorting clothes at a makeshift shelter in Chico, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2018. Chester, who doesn't want to know yet whether her home survived, said "I want to help. I don't want to shut down." (AP Photo/Noah Berger) — Denise Chester, who had to evacuate her home from the Camp Fire, hugs her son Antonio Batres as she volunteers sorting clothes at a makeshift shelter in Chico, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2018. Chester, who doesn’t want to know yet whether her home survived, said “I want to help. I don’t want to shut down.” (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A man from Honduras walks along the top of the border structure separating Mexico and the United States on Nov. 14, 2018, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

U.S. Border Patrol agents, left, speak with two Central American migrants as they sit atop the border structure separating Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Ashes and debris are all that remain where houses once stood in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 15, 2018, after a wildfire destroyed the town. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

People on the U.S. side of the border wave at those on the Mexico side, at the border structure in San Diego on Nov. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Migrants walk amidst flooded tents after heavy rains poured down on a sports complex sheltering thousands of Central Americans in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 29, 2018. Aid workers and humanitarian organizations expressed concerns about the unsanitary conditions at the severely overcrowded facility, where lice infestations and respiratory infections are rampant. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Lava flows down the slopes of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines, seen from Legazpi city, 340 kilometers (210 miles) southeast of Manila, on Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Dan Amaranto)

Parents wait for news of their loved ones after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)

President Donald Trump, joined by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Carson Abt, right, and Julia Cordover, the school's student body president, pauses during a listening session with high school students, teachers and others at the White House in Washington on Feb. 21, 2018, a week after a gunman massacred 17 people at the Florida high school. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Donald Trump holds notes during a listening session with high school students and teachers at the White House in Washington on Feb. 21, 2018. Trump heard the stories of students and parents affected by school shootings, one week after the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Visitors pay their respects as the casket of Reverend Billy Graham lies in honor at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Feb. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Journalists watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, on March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Students who walked out of school to protest gun violence participate in a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on March 14, 2018. The protest was in response to the massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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