Mingri “Ezra” Jin, head pastor of Zion Church, is seen on September 12, 2018, in Beijing, days after authorities shut down one of China’s largest “underground” Protestant churches. (Getty Images)
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)
An airman unstraps an inert Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during the Lone Star Challenge at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, on July 13, 2023. (US Air Force photo)
Moldovans hold national flags at a rally in the courtyard of Moldovan presidential headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova, on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Elena Covalnco/AFP via Getty Images)
Military fighters affiliated with former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham attend prayer meeting in Idlib, Syria, on June 16, 2024. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)