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Emma Morano, 116, poses for AFP photographer in Verbania, North Italy, on May 14, 2016. Emma Morano is the oldest living person in the world, and the only one left who has touched three centuries. Susannah Mushatt Jones, a New York woman several months her senior, died on May 12 evening, making Morano the world's oldest known person at 116. / AFP / OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Emma Morano, 116, poses for AFP photographer in Verbania, North Italy, on May 14, 2016.  
Emma Morano is the oldest living person in the world, and the only one left who has touched three centuries. Susannah Mushatt Jones, a New York woman several months her senior, died on May 12 evening, making Morano the world's oldest known person at 116. / AFP / OLIVIER MORIN        (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)