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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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NATO heads of state at the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a commemoration ceremony for soldiers killed during the 2014 Gaza war in Jerusalem on July 16, 2024. (Abir Sultan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sgt. Panzia Lawson does drone maintenance during Allied Spirit 24 at the Hohenfels Training Area in Germany on March 6, 2024. (Photo via DVIDS)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity foreign affairs track ministerial meeting in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Flags of Ukraine and NATO are seen outside a press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 29 2024. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the NATO Summit on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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A news program about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is being watched at a shopping mall in Beijing on July 14, 2024. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
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