A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force mid-range multi-purpose missile is fired during a live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area on June 7, 2026, in Gotemba, Japan. (Getty Images)
The flag used by the Taliban's interim government is seen over Afghanistan’s embassy in Moscow on July 4, 2025, after Russia officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Getty Images)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives at the Special European Council in Brussels on March 6, 2025. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)
Confetti flies over the stage and crowd as Taiwan’s president- and vice president–elect Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim speak to supporters at a rally at the party’s headquarters on January 13, 2024, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels on November 22, 2023, at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen's province of Hodeida. (AFP via Getty Images)