US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) facility, which will house a compact fusion experiment device, undergoes its first exterior lighting test on September 9, 2026, in Hefei, China. (Getty Images)
United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in a joint press conference after talks on September 6, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Engineers work outside the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, on September 25, 2009. (Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
Police officers on horseback with national flags patrol the border in Xinjiang province, China, on December 29, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, speaks during the 2024 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2024, in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon via Getty Images)
One of the largest outdoor legal marijuana grow operations in Santa Barbara County is in full view from heavily traveled Highway 246 on August 23, 2022, just outside Buellton, California. (George Rose via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden speaks at the House Democrats Annual Issues Conference on February 8, 2024, in Leesburg, Virginia. (Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan deliver statements to the press following their meetings with Chinese officials, in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 19, 2021. (Photo by Ron Przysucha)
Henry A. Wallace speaking at a meeting of the Political Action Committee at Madison Square Garden on September 11, 1947. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, the current defence minister, addresses supporters at an event on February 14, 2024, in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Oscar Siagian via Getty Images)
President-elect Lai Ching-te and Vice President–elect Bi-khim Hsiao shake hands during a rally for the presidential and legislative elections in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 13, 2024. (Walid Berrazeg via Getty Images)