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)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is seen with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, European Central Bank Governor Christine Lagarde, and Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey on August 22, 2025, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (Natalie Behring via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a statement during a press conference with US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a budget committee session on the US tariff issue in the House of Representatives at the Parliament in Tokyo on August 4, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi via Getty Images)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres makes a speech as he attends the three-day International Palestine Conference, led by France and Saudi Arabia and attended by Turkiye at the United Nations Trusteeship Council in New York on July 28, 2025. (Selcuk Acar via Getty Images)
The international environmental group Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is moored in the Venice lagoon in northern Italy on June 22, 2025. (Stefano Rellandini via Getty Images)
People survey the scene following a blast in the Mar Elias Church on June 22, 2025, in Damascus, Syria. A suspected suicide bombing killed at least 20 people and injured 52 others who were attending a service at the church. (Ali Haj Suleiman via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a North Atlantic Council plenary meeting during the NATO summit on June 25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (Kin Cheung via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech during the second China–Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 17, 2025. (Huang Jingwen via Getty Images)