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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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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with President Joe Biden in the White House on September 21, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer via Getty Images)
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US army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2021. (Isaiah Campbell via DVIDS)
Russian self-propelled artillery mount MSTA-S exhibited on Khreshchatyk Street in preparation for Independence Day on August 21, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Roman Petushkov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)