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President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. (GovernmentZA via Flickr)

Coup supporters wave flags during the protest against a possible military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States bloc and sanctions in Niamey, Niger, on August 20, 2023. (Balima Boureima/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, US President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a joint news conference following trilateral talks on August 18, 2023, in Camp David, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A window of an apartment lies broken as result of Russian missile strike on August 15, 2023, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Mykola Tys/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

A view of the North entrance of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, DC. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Gen. Joseph Votel (center), then commander of US Central Command, standing with senior US and Egyptian officers during a visit to Exercise Bright Star 2018 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, on September 9, 2018. (US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler)

Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the capital Tehran on September 22, 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol greet each other ahead of a trilateral meeting during the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima on May 21, 2023. (Brendan Smiakiwski/AFP via Getty Images)