An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A defaced poster on Israel's Star of David symbol shows Egypt's presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq looking like late Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on June 23, 2012. (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/GettyImages)
A Christian priest inspects the damages inside a church in the ancient Christian town of Maalula, northeast of Damascus on April 14, 2014 AFP/Getty Images)
Security forces patrol as people arrive at the Adly Synagogue for the funeral of the president of the Egyptian Jewish Community Carmen Weinstein on April 18, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Pakistan Christian Democratic alliance march during a protest in Lahore on December 25, 2010, in support of Asia Bibi (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi (green) and US flags flutter on light poles on June 2, 2009 in preparation for the visit of US President Barack Obama on June 3. (MIDO AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)