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An image of an electronic wafer is displayed at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on November 21, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
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A destroyed aircraft at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan is seen on April 17, 2025, after the Sudanese Armed Forces took control of the airport from the Rapid Support Forces. (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)