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)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Bill Ingalls via DVIDS)
A watchtower on a high-security facility near what is believed to be a reeducation camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained in Xinjiang, China, on May 31, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 5, 2021. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)
People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at the Seoul Railway Station on June 5, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
A priest recites the stations of the cross prayers at the Holy Cross Cathedral in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 24, 2023. (John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images)