Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first Naval Strike Missile from a US destroyer on July 18, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo)
Fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) enters Dry Dock 1 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Hawaii, on September 4, 2024. (US Navy photo by Justice Vannatta)
A South Korean Army K1E1 tank crosses a pontoon bridge on the Imjin River during a joint river- crossing exercise as part of the Freedom Shield military drills with US and ROK forces in the border town of Yeoncheon, South Korea, on March 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
China’s President Xi Jinping and Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni greet people at Phnom Penh International Airport as Beijing seeks to strengthen regional trade ties and offset the impact US tariffs. (Getty Images)
Houthi fighters brandish their weapons during a march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 11, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)
Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China near Chinese consulate in Istanbul, on October 1, 2023, China's National Day. (Yasin Akgul / AFP via Getty Images)