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)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
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)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets crowds of supporters during a roadshow in support of state elections on March 4, 2022, in Varanasi, India. (Ritesh Shukla via Getty Images)
Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance party gather during a protest rally in Jamshoro on February 16, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. (Akram Shahid via Getty Images)
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 High Level Segment meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Polling staff open ballot boxes in the presence of poling agents from various political parties as they start counting votes at the end of Pakistan's national elections on February 8, 2024. (Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman casts her ballot to vote at a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Karachi on February 8, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
An Indian Sea King Helicopter arrives at Kakinada Beach, India, carrying casualties during Tiger TRIUMPH on November 20, 2019. (Armando Elizalde via DVIDS)
Pakistan election commission workers prepare election materials at a distribution center in Karachi on February 6, 2024. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Afghan men load food packets from the World Food Programme onto a vehicle in Baraki Barak, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)