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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)
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Confetti flies over the stage and crowd as Taiwan’s president- and vice president–elect Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim speak to supporters at a rally at the party’s headquarters on January 13, 2024, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels on November 22, 2023, at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen's province of Hodeida. (AFP via Getty Images)