A model wears a creation for Stephane Rolland's Spring-Summer 2016 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday, January 26, 2016. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)

Army soldiers prepare a military elephant for the parade during a rehearsal for Sri Lanka's 68th Independence day celebrations in Colombo, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Its population was estimated to be around 6.5 million in 2012. A third (33%) of the country's population lives below the international poverty line which means living on less than U.S. $1.25 per day.

A model wears a creation for Maison Margiela's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2017 fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, January 25, 2017. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and actress Penelope Cruz chat before the start of the Spanish Film Academy's Goya Awards ceremony in Madrid, Spain, February 4, 2017. (Photo by Paul Hanna/Reuters)

A model presents a creation from Andres Sarda's Fall/Winter 2017 collection during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain February 18, 2017. (Photo by Javier Barbancho/Reuters)

Daisy Lowe attends Maybelline's Bring On The Night Party on February 18, 2017 in London, United Kingdom (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

A resident looks at a wildfire in Vina del Mar, Chile, March 12, 2017. Forest fires are a regular feature of Chile's hot, arid summers, but a nearly decade-long drought combined with historically high temperatures have created tinder-like conditions in the nation's central regions. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)