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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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US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

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A billboard depicting Iran’s late supreme leader standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading "a martyr leads the battlefield" in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026. (Getty Images)

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