Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
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
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
Mourners carry a large cross during a funeral procession on April 10, 2017 at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, for the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
Relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, surround their coffins, during their funeral service, at Ava Samuel desert monastery in Minya, Egypt, May 26, 2017 (Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Relatives of killed Coptic Christians carry a coffin as they gather outside the Abu Garnous Cathedral in the north Minya town of Maghagha, on May 26, 2017 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
Survivors of chemical gas attack gather to protest Assad regime at the Khan Shaykhun town's square in Idlib, Syria, April 7, 2017 (Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens as US President George W. Bush speaks prior to signing HR 7222, Washington, DC, October 16, 2008 (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and his family show their ballot after voting in the Jakarta Governal Election on February 15, 2017 (Oscar Siagian/Getty Images)
Pope Francis (R) and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, during a visit of the Pope in Cairo, April 28, 2017. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)