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)
Technicians work in a crane next to Notre Dame cathedral following the massive fire earlier this month, on April 29, 2019 in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei holds a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran on April 03, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as a security staff member stands guard in foreground during a rally of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Turkey, on March 28, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his wife Iriana speak to journalist after the election at a polling station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 17, 2019. (Barcroft Media/Getty Images)
An Algerian protester waves a flag during an anti-government demonstration to demand an overhaul of the political system after long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned. (picture alliance/Getty Images)
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir attends a meeting with his new 20-member cabinet as they take oath at the presidential palace in the capital on March 14, 2019. (ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)
On the eve of renewed sanctions by Washington, Iranian protesters demonstrate outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2018, marking the anniversary of its storming by student protesters in 1979. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A crowd of refugees carry their belongings May 3, 1994 at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. Hutu refugees have fled to Tanzania border across the Akagara River in order to escape reprisals by Tutsi rebels. (Scott Peterson/Liaison)