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)
Ed Ruscha's American Georges' Flag is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's, in New York, on November 8, 2024. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Members of the Peace Commission pose on either side of a Native American woman, wrapped in a blanket, during negotiations for the Treaty of Fort Laramie, at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1868. (Alexander Gardner via Getty Images)
Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China near Chinese consulate in Istanbul, on October 1, 2023, China's National Day. (Yasin Akgul / AFP via Getty Images)
Employees work on the production line of medicine, at a factory, on January 12, 2023, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Artist David Hammon's African American Flag is exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, April 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)