In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
A historical WWII reenactor walks in the sea at sunrise on Gold Beach to mark the eighty-first anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 2025, in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France. (Kiran Ridley via Getty Images
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greets US President Donald Trump at the official welcome ceremony during the G7 leaders’ summit on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is escorted by the police to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shelter Cove Clubhouse for evidence collection as part of the ongoing investigations on August 11, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony for the latest Project 955A (Borey-A) strategic nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Pozharsky in Severodvinsk on July 24, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a signing ceremony in the White House on August 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)