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)
Armed Taliban security personnel near the closed gates of a border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on September 6, 2023. (Shafiullah Kakar/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra bows to a portrait of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana at Don Mueang International Airport on August 22, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lauren DeCicca via Getty Images)
US army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2021. (Isaiah Campbell via DVIDS)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India, on September 9, 2023. (Ministry of External Affairs of India via Flickr)
Afghans make their way through a flooded street toward a nearby airport entrance to try their chance at evacuating out of the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 25, 2021. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside US President Joe Biden in the White House on June 23, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the East Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 7, 2023. (Ministry of External Affairs of India via Flickr)