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Ukrainian soldiers operate at an artillery position on June 9, 2024, near Kharkiv Region, Ukraine. (Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a concert in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Ryumin/AFP via Getty Images)

US Army Soldiers, salute a World War II veteran in France on June 6, 2024. (US Army photo by Sgt. Landon Carter)

A Ukrainian serviceman tests an anti-drone gun in the Lviv region on May 28, 2024. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks to families and supporters of the hostages held by Hamas outside a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 1, 2024. (Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Vienna, Austria, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street)

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Firefighters at the site of the drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Pavlo Pakhomenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Protestors hold Russian and Chinese flags in Niamey, Niger, on August 20, 2023. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)