Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
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President Joe Biden participates in a phone call with Quint leaders Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on October 9, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Adam Schultz via Flickr)
The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound past the Seattle skyline on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Brian G. Reynolds)