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 Christian priest inspects the damages inside a church in the ancient Christian town of Maalula, northeast of Damascus on April 14, 2014 AFP/Getty Images)
Security forces patrol as people arrive at the Adly Synagogue for the funeral of the president of the Egyptian Jewish Community Carmen Weinstein on April 18, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Pakistan Christian Democratic alliance march during a protest in Lahore on December 25, 2010, in support of Asia Bibi (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi (green) and US flags flutter on light poles on June 2, 2009 in preparation for the visit of US President Barack Obama on June 3. (MIDO AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)
Hamadoun Toure (C), secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), addresses a joint press conference on the final day of the World Conference on International Telecommunications. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)