An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
People hold placards reading in French 'I am Charlie' during a gathering on the Place de Republique in Paris, on January 8, 2015. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)
The building complex Block IV of the 'colossus of Ruegen'- complex in Prora on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north-eastern Germany, July 21, 2011. (STEFAN SAUER/AFP/GettyImages)
Detail of a placard depicting Joseph Stalin and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Maidan camp on Independence Square in Kiev, July 28, 2014. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of Russia's delegation looks at a monitor showing the speech of US President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)