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Residents collect water from tanker trucks and carry containers through the streets amid widespread shortages, as seen in Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2026. (Getty Images)

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during the Twenty-Third IISS Shangri-La Dialogue at the Shangri-La Hotel on May 30, 2026, in Singapore. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attend a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 25, 2026. (Getty Images)

Volunteers weaving camouflage nets at a community center in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 11, 2026. (Andrew Wilson)

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech at Coin Street Community Centre on May 11, 2026, in London, England. (Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House on May 8, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

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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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