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)
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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)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Joe Biden shake hands at the start of the first plenary session of the NATO summit in Madrid on June 29, 2022. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliyev, and Nikol Pashinyan attend a tripartite meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace on May 25, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. (Contributor via Getty Images)
US Air Force pilot looks down at the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovered over the Central Continental, United States, on February 3, 2023. (US Department of Defense/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
US Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion engage targets with a pair of high mobility artillery rocket systems during Exercise Griffin Shock 23 live fire event in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, on May 19, 2023. (John Schoebel via DVIDS)
Mohammed bin Salman greets Bashar Al Assad ahead of the 32nd Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 19, 2023. (Bandar Aljaloud/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A Taiwanese honour guard takes part in a changing of the guard ceremony at the Martyrs' Shrine in Taipei on April 10, 2023. (Jameson Wu/AFP via Getty Images)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Fumio Kishida shake hands following the conclusion of the G7 Summit Leaders' Meeting on May 21, 2023, in Hiroshima, Japan. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via Getty Images)