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A Chinese Coast Guard vessel collides with a Philippine supply boat near the Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, on October 23, 2023. (Screenshot of China Coast Guard video via Reuters)

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US President Joe Biden joins Israel's Prime Minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary of State John Kerry greets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna on July 14, 2014. (US State Department via Flickr)

Israeli Flag Flies Over Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel. (Paul Souders via Getty Images)

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Members of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Movement of Hamas. (Yousef Masoud via Getty Images)

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A US Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on November 7, 2022. (Yosselin Campos via DVIDS)

President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Moscow on September 14, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)