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)
The China-donated Gwadar Technical and Vocational Institute in southwest Pakistan's Gwadar on October 1, 2021, just after the building's completion. (Photo by Str/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Civilians prepare to board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2021. (US Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla)
An Afghan woman begs for money from passing cars in the snow, with her child huddled beside her, on the Kabul road south to Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2022. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
Taliban members ride on top of an armored vehicle on August 15, 2022, during a celebration of the first anniversary of the Taliban's return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images)
Taliban fighters check vehicles and passengers at a security checkpoint on January 14, 2022, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
A protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 22, 2018, after an attack in Benue state that killed at least 18, including two Roman Catholic priests. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)