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Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the workshop of the GAZ automobile plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on August 28, 2026. (Getty Images)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press statement at the EU headquarters on September 2, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)

A member of the US Army 7th Army Training Command stands with a radar for drone detection during a demonstration at the US Army Joint Multinational Readiness Center on August 26, 2026, near Hohenfels, Germany. (Getty Images)

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A United Kingdom flag painted on a rock in Stanley, Falkland Islands, on January 24, 2012. (Getty Images)

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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2025. (Getty Images)

Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop a Humvee armored vehicle as they ride along a street in Badakhshan on September 1, 2024. (Getty Images)

Rumen Radev looks on as he addresses the media after casting his ballot at a polling station during Bulgaria's parliamentary elections in Sofia on April 19, 2026. (Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions in Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine on May 31, 2026. (Getty Images)

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rumen Radev attends the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. (Getty Images)

Taliban security personnel stand guard atop armored Humvees along a road in the Green Zone area in Kabul on August 12, 2026. (Getty Images)