In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands following their meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on November 6, 2017. (Kiyoshi Ota/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers operate an American Humvee fitted with Soviet era Grad launcher in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on January 23, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat, US President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sit together outside the White House on March 26, 1979. (Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images)
United States Representatives of the 119th Congress are sworn in during the first day of session on January 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
Afghan women and children stand outside a primary healthcare center in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on February 2, 2025. (Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP via Getty Images)
Panama's Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha shakes hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the presidential palace on February 2, 2025, in Panama City. (Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)
A China-Europe freight train loaded with containers prepares to depart from the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation base in Lianyungang, China, on August 24, 2023. (Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the awarding ceremony at the Moscow State University, on January 24, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
United States President Donald Trump during his address at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)