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)
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 soldier of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland stands guard during a parade in Hargeisa on May 18, 2016. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP via Getty Images)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the East Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 7, 2023. (Ministry of External Affairs of India via Flickr)
Palestinian gunmen from the Fatah movement carry their weapons in support of the Palestinian Authority headed by President Mahmoud Abbas during a military parade in the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus. (Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu at a meeting ceremony in North Korea on July 25, 2023. (Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation via Wikimedia Commons)
Ukrainian soldiers in a 2S3 Akatsiya howitzer on the front line near Toretsk, Ukraine, on August 2, 2023. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)