Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
A television at the New York Stock Exchange shows President Trump announcing withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord, June 1, 2017 (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, is illuminated in green to celebrate the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, November 4, 2016 (U.S. Department of State)
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Climate change deal struck at the COP21 Climate Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, on December 12, 2015. (Arnaud BOUISSOU/COP21/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)