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Empire actor Jussie Smollett leaves Cook County jail after posting bond on Thursday. Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: 'Be Prepared' To Face The Facts For Jussie Smollett

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Dennis Christensen, a Danish Jehovah's Witness accused of extremism, is escorted into a courtroom to hear his verdict in the town of Oryol on Feb. 6. Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Jehovah's Witnesses Cling To Faith Despite Arrests In Russia

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Saturday

An artist's concept shows a NASA Mars exploration rover on the surface of Mars. The twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity were launched in 2003 and arrived at sites on Mars in January 2004. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption

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Opinion: Good Night Oppy, A Farewell To NASA's Mars Rover

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A woman spreads incense over the remains of 172 unidentified people who were discovered buried at what was once a Guatemalan military camp during the civil war in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, a day before their formal burial at the same site where they were unearthed. A genetic bank of the unidentified is saving DNA samples from the remains for those searching for relatives. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption

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A picture taken on Feb. 8, 2019 shows the signature "AHitler" on a watercolor entitled "Im Wald" (In the forest) displayed at the Weidler auction house in the southern city of Nuremberg. Daniel Karmann/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Paintings By Adolf Hitler Are 'Unremarkable,' So Why Forge Them?

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A boy holds the burqa of his mother as they walk down a street in the old city of Kabul on November 1, 2009. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: As U.S. Seeks To Withdraw Troops, What About Afghanistan's Women?

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Thursday

A construction worker saws steel rods at the site of a school that was funded by the United States Agency for International Development in the Palestinian village of al-Jabaa, in the West Bank, on Jan. 22. Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Venezuela's congressional leader, Juan Guaidó, is being recognized by a rising number of countries, including the U.S., as the South American country's interim president. Here, Guaidó (center) speaks to a crowd of opposition supporters at Bolívar Square, in eastern Caracas, last Friday. Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Jackie Robinson was a true sports hero

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