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)
Children carry water pots as they wade through a flooded street at Sohbatpur in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province on October 4, 2022. (Photo by FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Pakistan's Naval personnel rescue flood-affected people from their damaged houses after heavy monsoon rains in Dadu district, Sindh province on September 7, 2022. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)
A flooded residential area in Dera Allah Yar town after heavy monsoon rains in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province on August 30, 2022. (Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)
A man looks on at a snow-covered security checkpoint that marks the entrance to Logar province, beyond the southern gate on January 17, 2022, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
A Taliban soldier the first anniversary of the US withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)