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)
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)
Climate activists demonstrate in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 14, 2025, demanding $5 trillion in climate reparations for Global South countries. (Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A screen grab from a video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in military uniform, visiting a command post in Kursk, Russia, on March 12, 2025. (Kremlin Press Office via Getty Images)
Georgian opposition supporters protest results of the parliamentary elections in central Tbilisi, Georgia, on October 28, 2024. (Vano Shlamov/AFP via Getty Images)
Afghan men gather around the grave of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani during the funeral ceremony in Sarana, Kabul, on December 12, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar via Getty Images)
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, is welcomed by supporters at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP via Getty Images)
An employee checks the production line of drink bottles at the workshop of Changji Baolong Packaging Technology Development Co., Ltd. on May 6, 2024, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. (Tao Weiming/VCG via Getty Images)