The “Sachsen”, "Bayern", and frigates of the German Navy sail during a military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025, near Harstad, Norway. (Getty Images)
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)
A general view shows the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain with a hole on its left portside after a collision with oil tanker, outside Changi naval base in Singapore on August 21, 2017. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Dancers perform on the stage during at the National Stadium (aka the Bird's Nest) in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on June 28, 2021 in Beijing (Photo by Dong Ning/VCG via Getty Images)
Members of the Chinese military orchestra march on Tiananmen Square before a celebration marking the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
U.S. flags flutter in the wind at the Mall before the Inauguration of U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden in Washington, DC on January 20, 2021 (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)