A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is escorted by the police to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shelter Cove Clubhouse for evidence collection as part of the ongoing investigations on August 11, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony for the latest Project 955A (Borey-A) strategic nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Pozharsky in Severodvinsk on July 24, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A historical WWII reenactor walks in the sea at sunrise on Gold Beach to mark the eighty-first anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 2025, in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France. (Kiran Ridley via Getty Images
US President Donald Trump joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a signing ceremony in the White House on August 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
The amphibious assault ship USS America steams alongside other vessels from the US Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, French Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Coral Sea on July 20, 2025. (US Navy)