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A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

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The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers, Algeria. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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U.S. Supreme Court Justices listens as President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

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Arkansas Coach Lou Holtz after defeating Oklahoma at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2, 1978. (Credit: Phil Sandin/AP.)

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