In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a former Red Cross official says as many as 40 percent of the organization's emergency vehicles were assigned for public relations purposes. This photo, which shows one of their trucks in Long Island, N.Y., in January 2013, is one example of the many publicity photos taken by the Red Cross. Les Stone/American Red Cross hide caption
An explosion following an airstrike is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, in Sanliurfa province, on Wednesday. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters/Landov hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (left) speaks with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud as the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, listens before a meeting at the Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 11. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Farms outside Baghdad as seen from a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter. Much of Iraq's soil has a high salt content because of flooding and poor drainage. Jim Gordon/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr hide caption