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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow late on April 29, 2026. (Getty Images)

People carry Israeli and American flags during the United for Israel march, led by the Pursuit NW Christian Church, on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, on May 12, 2024. (Getty Images)

The low winter sun shines on the White House and the bronze equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square on January 12, 2026. (Getty Images)

Representatives from more than a dozen foreign diplomatic missions and the media view damage at sites previously targeted by US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

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Pope Leo XIV inside the Church of Our Lady of Muxima on April 19, 2026. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House on April 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Viktor Orbán speaks to the media after he cast his ballot in the Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. (Getty Images)

US Airmen conduct preflight operations prior to a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber departing base in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 29, 2026. (US Air Force)

Chinese Coast Guard CCG vessel Sandu patrols the South China Sea on March 24, 2026

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