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 weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
An Apple Store at a usually bustling intersection in a popular shopping district after recent COVID-19 outbreaks on May 23, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Mikhail Gorbachev and George HW Bush hold a joint press conference in the White House's East Room, Washington DC, June 3, 1990. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Getty Images)
Natural gas is flared off during an oil drilling operation in the Permian Basin oil field on March 12, 2022, in Stanton, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A brass band plays during a rally outside of the White House to call on Joe Biden to cancel student debt on July 27, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Ukrainian artillerymen fire the M109 self-propelled howitzer during training at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, on May 12, 2022. (US Army photo by Sgt. Spencer Rhodes)