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Fires are lit as protesters rally on January 8, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

Heads of state of the Organization of Turkic States are seen at the Heydar Aliyev Congress Center in Gabala, Azerbaijan, on October 7, 2025. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump arrives at a signing ceremony with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)

Icebergs float near Nuuk, Greenland, on March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago on December 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Getty Images)

The Ukrainian flag and the Motherland Monument in Kyiv on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)

Organization of Turkic States Secretary General Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliev attends a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 19, 2025. (Getty Images)

A view of NUSRET-2025 Invitation Military Drill held at the Gulf of Saros in Canakkale, Turkiye, on October 30, 2025. (Getty Images)

A US tank staged during the Iron Spear Tank Competition in Adazi, Latvia, on November 19, 2025. (US Army)

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Getty Images)

People tour the Registan cultural site in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 3, 2025 (Getty Images)