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)
President Donald J. Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured during the meeting with Li Keqiang (not pictured), Prime Minister of China, on July 09, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Florian Gaertner/Getty Images)
An F-16 fighter pulls up in a steep climb during rehearsals for a public airshow at the military airbase in Taitung on July 9, 2018. (CHRIS STOWERS/AFP/Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) gestures next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Getty Images)
Tonga's King Tupou VI (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 1, 2018. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
Benjamin Franklin container ship being loaded at the Xiamen Songyu Container Terminal at night in Xiamen, China, on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016.(Qilai Shen/Getty Images)