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)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
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)
Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Xie Huanchi - Pool/Getty Images)
Members of the Falun Gong spiritual group, a group banned in mainland China, gather to protest at a playground in the Sham Shui Po district in Hong Kong on October 1, 2019. (Photo by MAY JAMES/AFP via Getty Images)
Cardinal Joseph Zen speaks to attendees at the Kowloon Union Church in Hong Kong, to pray for nine pro-democracy activists. (Yan Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)
MP of the Finland's Christian Democrats Paivi Rasanen holds a bible as she speaks to media ahead of a court session at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on January 24, 2022. (Photo by Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AFP via Getty Images)
Thousands take part in a 'silent scream' demonstration against China's persecution of Uighurs in Xinjiang, at Fatih Mosque on December 20, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Onur Dogman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Acehnese Muslims are seen attending Eid al-Fitr prayer which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the Islamic Center Mosque in Lhokseumawe, on May 13, 2021, Aceh Province, Indonesia. (Photo by Fachrul Reza/NurPhoto via Getty Images)