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)
United States President Joe Biden meets with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on October 22, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds the closing press conference during the defence ministers' meetings on October 18, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)
Yahya Sinwar and Mustafa Barghouti attend a rally in support of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on October 1, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)
Use this for the caption: Flags on display at an India–United States summit meeting on February 25, 2020, in New Delhi. (Pallava Bagla via Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump walks off stage at the end of a campaign rally on October 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)