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A waves breaks against a pier and a lighthouse in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, on February 9, 2016. High winds buffeted northwestern Europe on February 8, leaving one woman in France in a coma after she was hit by an advertising hoarding. Electricity was cut to 5,000 homes in northern France. / AFP / LOIC VENANCE

1/37A waves breaks against a pier and a lighthouse in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, on February 9, 2016. High winds buffeted northwestern Europe on February 8, leaving one woman in France in a coma after she was hit by an advertising hoarding. Electricity was cut to 5,000 homes in northern France. / AFP / LOIC VENANCE

2/37British comedians John Cleese and Eric Idle are in Sydney for a stand up show. Pictured at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney. Picture: Jonathan Ng

A Komondor is seen in the judging ring February 16, 2016 in New York during Day Two of competition at the Westminster Kennel Club 140th Annual Dog Show. / AFP / Timothy A. CLARY

3/37A Komondor is seen in the judging ring February 16, 2016 in New York during Day Two of competition at the Westminster Kennel Club 140th Annual Dog Show. / AFP / Timothy A. CLARY

“Storm Front on Bondi Beach” by photographer Rohan Kelly for the Daily Telegraph which won first prize in the Nature singles category shows a massive cloud tsunami looming over Sydney as a sunbather reads, oblivious to the approaching cloud on Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 6, 2015. Picture: Rohan Kelly/Daily Telegraph via World Press Photo

4/37“Storm Front on Bondi Beach” by photographer Rohan Kelly for the Daily Telegraph which won first prize in the Nature singles category shows a massive cloud tsunami looming over Sydney as a sunbather reads, oblivious to the approaching cloud on Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 6, 2015. Picture: Rohan Kelly/Daily Telegraph via World Press Photo

A member of staff poses with the mask from James Bond’s Day of the Dead Costume, worn by Daniel Craig in Spectre, during a photocall at Christie’s auction house on February 15, 2016 in London, England. Forming part of the ‘James Bond Spectre - The Auction’ sale on 18th February it is expected to fetch between 12,000 - 18,000 GBP. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

5/37A member of staff poses with the mask from James Bond’s Day of the Dead Costume, worn by Daniel Craig in Spectre, during a photocall at Christie’s auction house on February 15, 2016 in London, England. Forming part of the ‘James Bond Spectre - The Auction’ sale on 18th February it is expected to fetch between 12,000 - 18,000 GBP. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

6/37Skateboading superstar Tony Hawke performs tricks at Bondi Skate Bowl ahead of Bowl-A-Rama this weekend. Picture: Chris Pavlich

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Ben Rhodes poses for a portrait during NASCAR Media Day at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2016 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

7/37NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Ben Rhodes poses for a portrait during NASCAR Media Day at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2016 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

8/37Michael Clarke ahead of his return to cricket with his Wests team mates at Pratten Park in Ashfield. Picture: Brett Costello

Gigi Hadid, Lily Aldridge, Alanna Arrington, Jourdan Dunn, Irina Shayk, (front row L-R) Diane Von Furstenberg, Kendall Jenner, Karlie Kloss and Elsa Hosk pose wearing Diane Von Furstenberg Fall 2016 during New York Fashion Week on February 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

9/37Gigi Hadid, Lily Aldridge, Alanna Arrington, Jourdan Dunn, Irina Shayk, (front row L-R) Diane Von Furstenberg, Kendall Jenner, Karlie Kloss and Elsa Hosk pose wearing Diane Von Furstenberg Fall 2016 during New York Fashion Week on February 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team flying KAI T-50B aircraft perform an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow at the Changi exhibition centre in Singapore on February 16, 2016. AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP / ROSLAN RAHMAN

10/37South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team flying KAI T-50B aircraft perform an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow at the Changi exhibition centre in Singapore on February 16, 2016. AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP / ROSLAN RAHMAN

Oleg Melnik, wearing a wire helmet, getting electrical discharges of Tesla coil inside a Faraday cage at the Elemento Science Museum in Minsk. / AFP / SERGEI GAPON

11/37Oleg Melnik, wearing a wire helmet, getting electrical discharges of Tesla coil inside a Faraday cage at the Elemento Science Museum in Minsk. / AFP / SERGEI GAPON

12/37Swimmers at Bondi Icebergs are battered by large swell. Picture: Cameron Richardson

A an image released by the European Space Agency / Hubble shows an artist’s impression of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e in front of its parent star. Using observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and new analytic software scientists were able to analyse the composition of its atmosphere. It was the first time this was possible for a super-Earth. 55 Cancri e is about 40 light-years away and orbits a star slightly smaller, cooler and less bright than our Sun. As the planet is so close to its parent star, one year lasts only 18 hours and temperatures on the surface are thought to reach around 2000 degrees Celsius. Picture: AFP / ESA/Hubble / M. KORNMESSER

13/37A an image released by the European Space Agency / Hubble shows an artist’s impression of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e in front of its parent star. Using observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and new analytic software scientists were able to analyse the composition of its atmosphere. It was the first time this was possible for a super-Earth. 55 Cancri e is about 40 light-years away and orbits a star slightly smaller, cooler and less bright than our Sun. As the planet is so close to its parent star, one year lasts only 18 hours and temperatures on the surface are thought to reach around 2000 degrees Celsius. Picture: AFP / ESA/Hubble / M. KORNMESSER

14/37Actors Kim Denman and Dion Mills who are in a play caleld All Of My Love at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta. Picture: Bob Barker

15/37Kieran Foran, new Team Captain of the Parramatta Eels pictured at the Old Saleyards Reserve, North Parramatta. Picture: Mark Evans

An art installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei that consists of life vests worn by refugees bound to the columns of the concert house next to a statue at Gendarmenmarkt on February 14, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The life vests were among the thousands discarded by migrants and refugees after they crossed the sea from Turkey to Greece. Ai Weiwei lives in Berlin and is currently involved in several projects relating to refugees. Up to 80,000 refugees currently live in Berlin and the city is preparing for the likely arrival of 30,000 more in 2016. (Photo by Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)

16/37An art installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei that consists of life vests worn by refugees bound to the columns of the concert house next to a statue at Gendarmenmarkt on February 14, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The life vests were among the thousands discarded by migrants and refugees after they crossed the sea from Turkey to Greece. Ai Weiwei lives in Berlin and is currently involved in several projects relating to refugees. Up to 80,000 refugees currently live in Berlin and the city is preparing for the likely arrival of 30,000 more in 2016. (Photo by Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)

17/37A snorkler is eclipsed by a clear sunrise at Coogee Beach. Picture: John Grainger

Jules Sebastian (centre) and models (L-R) Emma Jenkins, Jaimee Crofts, Sarah Su and Jennifer Galolo wearing the new Westfield Chatswood stores’ wares. Picture: Dylan Robinson

18/37Jules Sebastian (centre) and models (L-R) Emma Jenkins, Jaimee Crofts, Sarah Su and Jennifer Galolo wearing the new Westfield Chatswood stores’ wares. Picture: Dylan Robinson

A fighter from the pro-government Popular Mobilisation units covers his ears as he sets off a rocket launcher in the village of Taz Khurmatu, on the southern outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, as they try to recpature the nearby village of al-Bashir from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on February 16, 2016. / AFP / Mohammed SAWAF

19/37A fighter from the pro-government Popular Mobilisation units covers his ears as he sets off a rocket launcher in the village of Taz Khurmatu, on the southern outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, as they try to recpature the nearby village of al-Bashir from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on February 16, 2016. / AFP / Mohammed SAWAF

Tangaroa-Ariki Hosea of the U20’s Melbourne Rebels during the 2016 Super Rugby season launch at Wet And Wild in Prospect, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

20/37Tangaroa-Ariki Hosea of the U20’s Melbourne Rebels during the 2016 Super Rugby season launch at Wet And Wild in Prospect, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

People gather around the rubble of a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) near Maaret al-Numan, in Syria’s northern province of Idlib, on February 15, 2016, after the building was hit by suspected Russian air strikes. MSF confirmed in a statement that a hospital supported by the aid group in Idlib province was “destroyed in air strikes”. Picture: AFP / AL-MAARRA TODAY / GHAITH OMRAN

21/37People gather around the rubble of a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) near Maaret al-Numan, in Syria’s northern province of Idlib, on February 15, 2016, after the building was hit by suspected Russian air strikes. MSF confirmed in a statement that a hospital supported by the aid group in Idlib province was “destroyed in air strikes”. Picture: AFP / AL-MAARRA TODAY / GHAITH OMRAN

It was a case of enter the surf at own risk as a daunting southerly swell rolled into the Central Coast and Newcastle shorelines. Picture: Peter Lorimer.

22/37It was a case of enter the surf at own risk as a daunting southerly swell rolled into the Central Coast and Newcastle shorelines. Picture: Peter Lorimer.

Palestinians play in the ruins of a building that was destroyed in the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas militants, in Gaza City, on February 16, 2016. Picture: AFP / MOHAMMED ABED

23/37Palestinians play in the ruins of a building that was destroyed in the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas militants, in Gaza City, on February 16, 2016. Picture: AFP / MOHAMMED ABED

Chelsea’s Spanish forward Diego Costa warms up prior to the Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Chelsea FC on February 16, 2016, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. Picture: AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

24/37Chelsea’s Spanish forward Diego Costa warms up prior to the Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Chelsea FC on February 16, 2016, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. Picture: AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS

25/37Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS

Carolena Kostas, 19, is about to start her second year of university and to save money she lives at home with her parents. She cooks and eats her own meals at home to save money. Picture: Craig Greenhill

26/37Carolena Kostas, 19, is about to start her second year of university and to save money she lives at home with her parents. She cooks and eats her own meals at home to save money. Picture: Craig Greenhill

A police officer gestures as he walks at the site of an explosion while firefighters try to extinguish flames after an attack targeted a convoy of military service vehicles in Ankara on February 17, 2016. At least 18 people were killed and 45 wounded by a car bomb targeting the military in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara on February 17, the city’s governor said. The bloodshed came on the heels of a string of attacks in Turkey, blamed on jihadists but also on Kurdish rebels. The bomb aimed at a convoy of military service vehicles, Ankara governor Mehmet Kiliclar said, quoted by the CNN-Turk and NTV channels. Picture: AFP

27/37A police officer gestures as he walks at the site of an explosion while firefighters try to extinguish flames after an attack targeted a convoy of military service vehicles in Ankara on February 17, 2016. At least 18 people were killed and 45 wounded by a car bomb targeting the military in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara on February 17, the city’s governor said. The bloodshed came on the heels of a string of attacks in Turkey, blamed on jihadists but also on Kurdish rebels. The bomb aimed at a convoy of military service vehicles, Ankara governor Mehmet Kiliclar said, quoted by the CNN-Turk and NTV channels. Picture: AFP

People walk by a Turkish police officer holding an assault riffle during clashes with protestors demonstrating against government imposed curfews imposed on areas of eastern Turkey, on February 15, 2016 in Diyarbakir. Picture: AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN

28/37People walk by a Turkish police officer holding an assault riffle during clashes with protestors demonstrating against government imposed curfews imposed on areas of eastern Turkey, on February 15, 2016 in Diyarbakir. Picture: AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN

The pack rides past a camel during the third stage of seventh cycling Tour of Oman between Al-Sawadi Beach and Naseem Park on February 18, 2016. Norweigan rider Edvald Boasson Hagen kept the red jersey for the overall leader after the third stage. Picture: AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG

29/37The pack rides past a camel during the third stage of seventh cycling Tour of Oman between Al-Sawadi Beach and Naseem Park on February 18, 2016. Norweigan rider Edvald Boasson Hagen kept the red jersey for the overall leader after the third stage. Picture: AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG

30/37Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is pictured as he holds a press conference in Sydney. Picture: Stephen Cooper

Pictured are the new cast members of ‘We Will Rock You’, Erin Clare and Gareth Keegan, at the Oxford Art Factory in Darlinghurst. Picture: Tim Hunter.

31/37Pictured are the new cast members of ‘We Will Rock You’, Erin Clare and Gareth Keegan, at the Oxford Art Factory in Darlinghurst. Picture: Tim Hunter.

32/37Personel trainer, Bec Wilcock, of Love me Fit, with Emily Parks taining at Marks Park, Bondi. Picture: Justin Lloyd

Pictured from Vaucluse is is the cruise ship Crystal Serenity which is unable to go under the Sydney Harbour Bridge as planned due to height calculation being wrong. Picture: Richard Dobson

33/37Pictured from Vaucluse is is the cruise ship Crystal Serenity which is unable to go under the Sydney Harbour Bridge as planned due to height calculation being wrong. Picture: Richard Dobson