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)
A propaganda billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. The sign reads: "We should build a people's army with a good style of work, able to win battles under the command of the Party". (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)
A pedestrian walks by a now hiring sign at Ross Dress For Less store on April 02, 2021 in San Rafael, California (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Customers wearing face masks shop at a Walmart supermarket amid novel coronavirus outbreak on July 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Sha Hanting/China News Service via Getty Images)
he American flag flies at half-staff at the White House in honor of the victims of Monday's mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on March 23, 2021 in Washington, DC (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Katherine Tai, nominee for US Trade Representative, testifies during the Senate Finance committee hearings to examine her nomination in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2021. (Photo by TASOS KATOPODIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)