An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Oana-SilviaȚoiu speaks during a joint press conference with the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine on August 7, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (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)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong shake hands during a signing ceremony in Moscow on October 1, 2014. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Investors watch a digital screen displaying the prices of China's stock market on January 5, 2015 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers during a reporting trip to the Third Guard Division of the PLA on July 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
Members of the Chinese Army honor guard march at an arrival ceremony at Bayi Building January 10, 2011 in Beijing, China. (Larry Downing-Pool/Getty Images)
A catholic reads the Bible at the temporary Bailu Township Church on December 24, 2008 in Pengzhou of Sichuan Province, China. (China Photos/Getty Images)