Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
The Dmitriy Donskoy nuclear ballistic missile submarine arrives at St Petersburg to take part in a ship parade marking Russian Navy Day in Russia on July 26, 2017. (Sergey Mihailicenko/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting in Amur Oblast, Russia, on September 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference following his bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping ahead of the G20 summit on November 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)