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)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party supporters protest against the alleged skewing in Pakistan's national election in Peshawar on March 10, 2024. (Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images)
People celebrate the victory of the left-wing union after the French parliamentary elections in Paris, France, on July 7, 2024. (Luc Auffret/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A Taliban security personnel holds his gun near the Qargha lake on the outskirts of Kabul on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Wakil Koshar / AFP via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is greeted by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he arrives in Ferihegy, Hungary, on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Vivien Cher Benko/AFP via Getty Images)
A billboard promoting contract army service with the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" sits in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2022. (Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)