An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell chairs the informal videoconference roundtable with the Ministers responsible for Development Cooperation in the European Council on April 29, 2021 (Photo by OM/EU Pool/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) in Brussels, Belgium on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Etienne Ansotte / Pool/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, attend the Tsinghua Universitys ceremony, at Friendship Palace on April 26, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kenzaburo Fukuhara - Pool/Getty Images)
A delegate stands in front of a window at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference on 16 December, 2005 in Hong Kong (Photo by MN Chan/Getty Images)
Members of the IA (Inuit Ataqatigiit) party wave party flags as they celebrate following the exit polls results of the legislative election in Nuuk, on April 6, 2021 (Photo by EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)