Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Donald Trump join dancers with swords at Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017 (Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Royal Council / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A telescope at the quantum communication ground station in Xinglong, north China's Hebei Province, January 18, 2017 (Xinhua/Jin Liwang via Getty Images)
Survivors of chemical gas attack gather to protest Assad regime at the Khan Shaykhun town's square in Idlib, Syria, April 7, 2017 (Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Israeli security forces inspect the scene of the Jaffa attack that claimed the life of Taylor Force, March 08, 2016 (Daniel Bar On/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Ari Dyckovsky, 17, works on quantum physics experiments in the Physical Measurement Lab, March 5, 2012 in Gaithersburg, MD (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)