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Mourners are marking the one-year anniversary of the Costa Concordia disaster that resulted in 32 deaths today, as the Italian Coast Guard is releasing new images of panicked passengers trying to escape the ship. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports. (TODAY)

NBC's Richard Engel discusses the troop "surge" in Afghanistan – something touted as a success by the military, but questioned by many Afghans and also some in the U.S. who worry the troops will leave in 2014 with Afghanistan as a failed state. (Nightly News)

As Shark Week gets underway, the Discovery Channel team is pushing boundaries with stunning images from inside a great white shark's jaws as it attacks. TODAY's Matt Lauer reports and wildlife photographer Andy Casagrande talks about how the team got the groundbreaking shot. (TODAY)

New pictures from the Mars rover Curiosity include the first panoramic view of the Red Planet. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)

TODAY's Natalie Morales takes a look at a stunning time-lapse video, made by NASA astronauts, of planet Earth spinning in space. (TODAY)

Researchers share a glimpse of one of the world's rarest animals called "Cross River gorillas" after setting up cameras in Africa. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)

Eerie images have surfaced from "Titanic" and "Avatar" director James Cameron's solo journey to the deepest part of the ocean. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)

TODAY's Natalie Morales shows off spectacular images featured in National Geographic's upcoming special on the doomed ocean liner Titanic, which provide more details about what happened to the supposedly "unsinkable" ship. (TODAY)

Images of at least 35 endangered Javan rhinos are captured by video cameras set up in Indonesia's Ujung Kulon National Park. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)