Iran Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers' Meeting on June 26, 2025 in Shanghai, China. (Fu Tian via Getty Images)
Vehicles waiting to be loaded onto roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ships for export on August 12, 2025, in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. (Getty Images)
A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)
Clashes erupt between Georgian police and protesters on the second day of protest against "foreign agents" bill, in Tblisi, Geogia on March 08, 2023 (David Mdzinarishvili via Getty Images)
Xi Jinping votes at the closing ceremony of the Twentieth Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People on October 22, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
The Republic of Korea and United States conduct combined attack squadron flight and precision bombing drills on October 4, 2022, in South Korea, following North Korea’s ballistic missile launch. (ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff).
The guided missile destroyer USS Barry conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea on November 21, 2022. (US Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Molly Crawford)
People watch a television screen showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station on August 17, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during the celebration of the 77th National Liberation Day at Presidential House on August 15, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Ahn Young-Joon - Pool/Getty Images)
Xi Jinping leaves the podium in Hong Kong at a celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. (Selim Chtayti/AFP via Getty Images)