Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the South China Sea on June 10, 2024. (US Navy photo)
Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
Minister of Defense of Japan Gen Nakatani and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Ministry of Defense on March 30, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kiyoshi Ota Getty Images)
Chinese UN Ambassador Liu Jieyi speaks a meeting of the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea, September 11, 2017 (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
A U.S. Army advisor for the Afghan Air Force signals the Afghan crew chief during a training mission outside of Kabul, September 13, 2017 (Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)
A US soldier holds the national flag ahead of a handover ceremony at Leatherneck Camp in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2017 (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)