March 7, 2014
![View of South America and portions of North America and Africa from the Mercury Dual Imaging System’s wide-angle camera aboard MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging). (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)](https://gdb.voanews.com/16fe0d13-d31b-4aa5-b0a3-96bc93807676_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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View of South America and portions of North America and Africa from the Mercury Dual Imaging System’s wide-angle camera aboard MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging). (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)
![Magnetic loops carry gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars, as shown in this artist's conception. These loops give off extra heat, which NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detects as infrared light.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6c413c65-c26e-4198-a77b-1577aab955f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Magnetic loops carry gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars, as shown in this artist's conception. These loops give off extra heat, which NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detects as infrared light.
![An Indian Muslim girl performs martial arts during a function to mark International Women’s Day at a school in Hyderabad. International Women's Day will be marked on March 8.](https://gdb.voanews.com/08c1e87c-8bcb-448c-ba99-fb7743aef6a5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian Muslim girl performs martial arts during a function to mark International Women’s Day at a school in Hyderabad. International Women's Day will be marked on March 8.
![Debris cover a street and flames rise from a building following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces during the Friday prayer in the Sukkari neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/aaf9b0c1-b791-4032-9f37-ff7cedbdfa83_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Debris cover a street and flames rise from a building following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces during the Friday prayer in the Sukkari neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo.