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Czech soldiers take part in an urban combat training scenario during the Wettiner Schwert 2024 military exercises on April 8, 2024, in Schnöggersburg, Germany. (Getty Images)

Citizens take part in a weekly Saturday march titled “Defend Education,” walking from the Philharmonic Hall to the Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on February 21, 2026. (Getty Images)

Police and forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, eastern Romania. on May 29, 2026. (Getty Images)

Luke Coffey attends the International Black Sea Security Forum 2024 in Odesa, Ukraine, on June 14, 2024. (Getty Images)

The Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, on May 15, 2026. (Getty Images)

The village of Kangaamiut, Greenland, on March 14, 2026. (Getty Images)

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The USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar on October 1, 2025. (US Navy)

A US Army M1A2 Abrams tank prepares to engage simulated targets during exercise Combined Resolve 26-07 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area in Germany on April 28, 2026. (US Army)

A NATO flag flies in the wind in front of the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

Incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar greets supporters outside the Hungarian Parliament on May 9, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. (Getty Images)

Roads and railways that pass through the Zangezur Corridor, which will connect to Nakhchivan and will be one of the routes of the Middle Corridor, are being constructed on October 9, 2023, in Zangilan, Azerbaijan. (Getty Images)