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)
Supporters of Taiwan's Vice President and president-elect from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Lai Ching-te wait for him to speak at the party's headquarters on January 13, 2024, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Annice Lyn via Getty Images)
Commuters move past the Pakistan People's Party flags hung over a street in Karachi on January 16, 2024, ahead of the country's upcoming general elections. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Supporters of Lai Ching-te, presidential candidate of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), cheer during an election campaign rally in Keelung, Taiwan, on January 8, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate Lai Ching-te and Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen cheer at the end of the campaign rally on January 11, 2024, in Taipei City, Taiwan. (Annabelle Chih via Getty Images)
President of Argentina Javier Milei speaks to supporters outside the National Congress after his inauguration ceremony on December 10, 2023, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023, in Tsiolkovsky, Russia. (Contributor via Getty Images)
Members of the Yemeni Coast Guard affiliated with the Houthis patrol the Red Sea as demonstrators march through the port city of Hodeida in solidarity with the people of Gaza on January 4, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)