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Revelers run with bulls from José Escolar ranch during the seventh day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 13, 2024. People test their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Revelers run with bulls from José Escolar ranch during the seventh day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 13, 2024. People test their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Revelers run with bulls from José Escolar ranch during the seventh day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 13, 2024. People test their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Cory Wyman KWR/Harley-Davidson(34)heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Cory Wyman KWR/Harley-Davidson(34)heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
Revelers run with bulls from José Escolar ranch during the seventh day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 13, 2024. People test their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
The child performer mounting on a horse's back who is called "Chigo" for one of the most biggest Kyoto festivals, the Gion Matsuri Festival, pays a visit to Yasaka Shrine during a Shinto ritual called "Shasan no Gi" in Kyoto City, Japan, on July 13th, 2024, and prays it will be successful. The 6th-grade boy will lead the main event, "Yamahoko Junko," the procession of gorgeous floats, also called the moving art museum, on the 17th. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
The child performer mounting on a horse's back who is called "Chigo" for one of the most biggest Kyoto festivals, the Gion Matsuri Festival, pays a visit to Yasaka Shrine during a Shinto ritual called "Shasan no Gi" in Kyoto City, Japan, on July 13th, 2024, and prays it will be successful. The 6th-grade boy will lead the main event, "Yamahoko Junko," the procession of gorgeous floats, also called the moving art museum, on the 17th. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
The child performer mounting on a horse's back who is called "Chigo" for one of the most biggest Kyoto festivals, the Gion Matsuri Festival, pays a visit to Yasaka Shrine during a Shinto ritual called "Shasan no Gi" in Kyoto City, Japan, on July 13th, 2024, and prays it will be successful. The 6th-grade boy will lead the main event, "Yamahoko Junko," the procession of gorgeous floats, also called the moving art museum, on the 17th. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
The child performer mounting on a horse's back who is called "Chigo" for one of the most biggest Kyoto festivals, the Gion Matsuri Festival, pays a visit to Yasaka Shrine during a Shinto ritual called "Shasan no Gi" in Kyoto City, Japan, on July 13th, 2024, and prays it will be successful. The 6th-grade boy will lead the main event, "Yamahoko Junko," the procession of gorgeous floats, also called the moving art museum, on the 17th. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
The child performer mounting on a horse's back who is called "Chigo" for one of the most biggest Kyoto festivals, the Gion Matsuri Festival, pays a visit to Yasaka Shrine during a Shinto ritual called "Shasan no Gi" in Kyoto City, Japan, on July 13th, 2024, and prays it will be successful. The 6th-grade boy will lead the main event, "Yamahoko Junko," the procession of gorgeous floats, also called the moving art museum, on the 17th. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
The child performer mounting on a horse's back who is called "Chigo" for one of the most biggest Kyoto festivals, the Gion Matsuri Festival, pays a visit to Yasaka Shrine during a Shinto ritual called "Shasan no Gi" in Kyoto City, Japan, on July 13th, 2024, and prays it will be successful. The 6th-grade boy will lead the main event, "Yamahoko Junko," the procession of gorgeous floats, also called the moving art museum, on the 17th. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Kevin Greimel Kevin Greimel Racing(97) coming out of turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Leroy Eshelmen OTW Racing(38)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Leroy Eshelmen OTW Racing(38)heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Leroy Eshelmen OTW Racing(38)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Leroy Eshelman OTW Racing coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Cory West Saddleman/Harley-Davidson(13) heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Cory West Saddleman/Harley-Davidson(13) coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Cory West Saddleman/Harley-Davidson(13) coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
Nepal army personnel cary out a search operation looking for the survivors after two buses were swept by a landslide off the highway and into a swollen river near Simaltal, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ramesh Paudel)
Nepal army personnel cary out a search operation looking for the survivors after two buses were swept by a landslide off the highway and into a swollen river near Simaltal, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ramesh Paudel)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider AJ Peaslee AJ Peaslee Racing(16)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider AJ Peaslee AJ Peaslee Racing(16)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider AJ Peaslee AJ Peaslee Racing(16)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Troy Herfoss KWR/ Harley-Davidson(17)coming out of turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Troy Herfoss KWR/ Harley-Davidson(17)coming out of turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Troy Herfoss KWR/ Harley-Davidson(17)coming out of turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Troy Herfoss KWR/ Harley-Davidson(17)coming out of turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A CAPTION CORRECTION: Rider Danny Dominguez Lawdawg Racing3D Motorsports(44) and Rider Mitchel Stein Team MIM(212) heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Danny Dominguez Lawdawg Racing3D Motorsports(44) heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Danny Dominguez Lawdawg Racing3D Motorsports(44) and Rider Mitchel Stein Team MIM(44) heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Travis Wyman Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson(10) cheating into turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Travis Wyman Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson(10) cheating into turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Travis Wyman Saddlemen/Harley-Davidson(10) cheating into turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Hayden Schulz KWR/ Harley-Davidson(49)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Hayden Schulz KWR/ Harley-Davidson(49)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Hayden Schulz KWR/ Harley-Davidson(49)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Hayden Schulz KWR/ Harley-Davidson(49)heading to turn 5 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Eric Sterner ECS Racing(32)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Jake Lewis Saddleman/Harley-Davidson(85) coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Jake Lewis Saddleman/Harley-Davidson(85) coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Jeff Lane Lane Racing Gray Area KYM(72)coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Jeff Lane Lane Racing Gray Area KYM(72)coming out of turn 3 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
July 12 2024 Monterey, CA, U.S.A Rider Kole King King Performance(55) coming out of turn 4 during the Mission Foods MotoAmerica Super Hooligan practice 1 at Weathertech Laguna Seca Monterey, CA Thurman James / CSM (Credit Image: © Thurman James/Cal Sport Media) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (front center) attends "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (front right) attends "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (front center) attends "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (front center) attends "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (left front center) attends "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Officials and Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attend "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Officials and Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attend "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Japanese Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (front second from right) attends "the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies" by a nongovernment organization in Tokyo on July 13th, 2024, on behalf of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to simulate a political drill for a possible Taiwan Strait Crisis. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
FILE - Palestinians help a wounded man after Israeli strikes in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, on June 8, 2024. The United Nations chief appealed for funding Friday, July 12, 2024, for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East, accusing Israel of issuing evacuation orders in the war-torn territory forcing Palestinians “to move like human pinballs across a landscape of destruction and death.”(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
FILE - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens to a speech during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 26, 2024. Guterres appealed for funding Friday, July 13, 2024, for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East, accusing Israel of issuing evacuation orders that force Palestinians “to move like human pinballs across a landscape of destruction and death.”(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
An aerial photo shows a site of the landslide in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, on July 13th, 2024. An earthen slope about 50 meters wide and 100 meters long collapsed before dawn on the previous day near the important cultural property Matsuyama Castle, located on the top of a 132-meter-high mountain. It destroyed a wooden house, and a drifted fallen tree leaped and reached a seventh-floor balcony of a nearby 15-story apartment. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
An aerial photo shows a site of the landslide in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, on July 13th, 2024. An earthen slope about 50 meters wide and 100 meters long collapsed before dawn on the previous day near the important cultural property Matsuyama Castle, located on the top of a 132-meter-high mountain. It destroyed a wooden house, and a drifted fallen tree leaped and reached a seventh-floor balcony of a nearby 15-story apartment. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
Joe Hackl, center, and Terri Hackl, left, deliver a generator to an independent living center where several dozen seniors lost power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl in Houston on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Like-minded community efforts have brought relief in the form of fresh food and cool air for some of the millions who sweltered this week without electricity. (AP Photo/James Pollard)
FILE - Darrin Bruce works on the exterior lighting on the Fiserv Forum ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, July 11, 2024, in Milwaukee. It can be hard for some to swallow that Milwaukee, the deepest blue swing state in Wisconsin, is playing host to former President Donald Trump. It didn't help smooth things over after Trump used the word "horrible" when talking about Milwaukee just a month before the convention. Still, Milwaukee officials point to the economic benefits and a chance to show off the city and Wisconsin to a national audience. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, July 9, 2024, in Doral, Fla. Trump will have one last chance Saturday, July 13, to dramatically unveil his vice presidential pick on a rally stage before the Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee next week. Trump's rally in western Pennsylvania, at the Butler Farm Show just outside Pittsburgh, comes as the former reality TV star and tabloid hound continues to tease his pick, working to drum up maximum attention. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Meals on Wheels client Annie Jones chats for a moment after receiving a food delivery from Meals on Wheels Director of Operations Matthew Wright, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Houston. Deliveries include a hot meal and cold drink but also human connection and a welfare check. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
Dr. Fernando Taveras, a psychiatrist and Hispanic mental healthcare expert with SOMOS Community Care Clinic, holds a model of a brain as he stands for a portrait in New York on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Mental health experts, community clinics and politicians are working to create new programs to break down barriers that Latinos might face to getting therapy or treatment. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Dr. Fernando Taveras, a psychiatrist and Hispanic mental healthcare expert with SOMOS Community Care Clinic, holds a model of a brain as he stands for a portrait in New York on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Mental health experts, community clinics and politicians are working to create new programs to break down barriers that Latinos might face to getting therapy or treatment. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Meals on Wheels delivery driver Debbie Hardison smiles as she delivers a hot meal to Jorge Aranzeta, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Houston. Aranzeta was one of the 2.7 million Houstonians who lost power after Hurricane Beryl's winds ripped through Houston early Monday morning. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
Meals on Wheels employee Yvette Gallaty smiles as she transfers hot meals from a cooler into her delivery truck before taking them to clients, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Houston. Gallaty always had office jobs but finds great joy in the physical, meaningful work she does for clients through Meals on Wheels. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
A Meals on Wheels employee picks out keys to her delivery truck, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Houston. Staff pack, load and deliver hot meals and cold drinks while also performing a welfare check on clients. Many clients of the program are still without power from Hurricane Beryl. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
Meals on Wheels employees take advantage of an assembly line to prepare bags of food for clients, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Houston. Staff deliver hot meals as well as shelf stable items to clients daily, many of whom are still without power after Hurricane Beryl. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
Stephen Huang, executive director of Tzu Chi's global volunteers based in Southern California, shows a picture of the organization's founder, the Venerable Cheng Yen, at the Tzu Chi Service Center in El Monte, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. "She is an ordinary person who does extraordinary things," he says. "The heart behind all the work she has done over the last 60 years can be described in one word: Compassion." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Stephen Huang, executive director of Tzu Chi's global volunteers based in California, speaks at the Tzu Chi Service Center' store in El Monte, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. Huang became Cheng Yen’s disciple 35 years ago, during a time of personal grief — days after his older brother’s sudden demise. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Members of Buddhist group Tzu Chi pray for a victim's body in a car during a rescue operation following an earthquake in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Taiwan in April, it took about 30 minutes for Tzu Chi, an international Buddhist organization led by an 87-year-old nun, the Venerable Cheng Yen, and her followers, to set up an emergency response center. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Nuns tend to a garden at the Jing Si Abode, the headquarters of Tzu Chi, in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. The picturesque region, known for its majestic mountains that overlook the Pacific, gets its name from the phrase "huilan," a reference to the swirling currents of the Hualien River where it meets the Pacific Ocean. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Joe Hwang, Tzu Chi's head of volunteer affairs, explains the literature and history of the early relief of the poor undertaken by the organization, at the Jing Si Hall in Hualien, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Tzu Chi’s humanitarian aid efforts is inextricable from the faith, says Hwang, though it's a departure from traditional Buddhism which espouses a retreat from the world. Religion, he said, is a way to guide people towards good and equip them to help others. “That’s what I think engaged Buddhism is, that we are engaged in this world.” (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Stephen Huang, executive director of Tzu Chi's global volunteers based in Southern California, speaks during an interview at the Tzu Chi Service Center in El Monte, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. Huang is one of the foremost disciples of the organization's founder, Master Cheng Yen, a Taiwanese nun and teacher. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Tzu Chi CEO Po-wen Yen speaks during an interview at the Jing Si Abode in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. The former head of the United Microelectronics Corporation, a major semi-conductor manufacturer in Taiwan, is well aware of the criticism about the organization’s wealth. “You can say that all the resources we gathered is to help to the fullest extent possible when disaster strikes,” he says, adding that their budget also funds other global chapters. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Shu-Ching Teng, the first nurse at the free clinic in 1972, explains the history of the Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. In 1966, Cheng Yen — touched by lack of access to basic healthcare in the beautiful yet economically underdeveloped region — started Tzu Chi, inviting local housewives to save 50 Taiwanese cents each month. Today, the charitable foundation organizes relief operations globally. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
An elderly man is wheeled past Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. “In Tzu Chi, the hospital itself is an embodiment of Buddhist canon,” says Julia Huang, professor of anthropology at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)