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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (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)
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Senator Chuck Grassley listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2026. (Getty Images)
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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)
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China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on April 21, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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A member of the Homeland Security is seen wearing his uniform on October 20, 2025, in Bradenton, Florida. (Getty Images)
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Election winner and leader of Hungary’s TISZA party, Peter Magyar, during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2018. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Vice President JD Vance speaking with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the US embassy in Paris on February 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Pope Leo XIV inside the Church of Our Lady of Muxima on April 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
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