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A sculpture overlooks the Strait of Hormuz in the port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on August 10, 2026. (Getty Images)

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A sign attached to the camp fence says, “Thetford Says No!” at RAF Barnham on August 7, 2026, in Thetford, UK. A protest camp has been set up by locals who oppose the use of RAF Barnham as a site for 1,250 asylum seekers. (Getty Images)

China’s President Xi Jinping, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrive for a reception in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

Emergency responders work at the site of a Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 1, 2026. (Getty Images)

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A man waves a flag near Imam Reza’s shrine in Mashhad, Iran, on July 9, 2026. (Getty Images)

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