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US President Donald Trump is welcomed by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 13, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Getty Images)

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Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership election on October 4, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)

China’s President Xi Jinping leaves after delivering a speech during a reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 30, 2025. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on September 29, 2025. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025. (Getty Images)

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Displaced Palestinians move southward in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders on September 18, 2025. (Getty Images)

Robert Malley, Biden administration special envoy for Iran, waits to testify about the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill, May 25, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Getty Images)

A protester burns a flare at Place de la Republique during a part of a Bloquons Tout (Let’s Block Everything) demonstration in Paris on September 10, 2025. (Getty Images)

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani addresses a press conference following Israeli strikes in Doha on September 9, 2025. (Karim Jaafar via Getty Images)