In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
Israeli residents and relatives take cover from a rocket attack from Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in Netivot on July 29, 2014. (GIL COHEN MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
A blood-stained image of Jesus Christ outside the Al-Qiddissine (The Saints) church after an overnight car bomb attack in Alexandria, January 1, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Israelis mourn and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on June 30, 2014 after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found. (OREN ZIV/AFP/Getty Images)
Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a Friday Mass at the Virgin Mary church on May 16, 2014 in Cairo's Road al-Farag district. (VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi priest Monsignor Pios Cacha celebrating a mass at the Mar Yussef Church in central Baghdad, February 22, 2013. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
An Iraqi Christian family live in a tent at a displacement camp for Christians after having to flee their district on June 26, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)