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)
A photograph shows a street-art piece by Italian urban artist Tvboy on a destroyed Russian tank outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 1, 2023. (Dimitar Dilkoff via Getty Images)
Ukrainian and Polish soldiers hold wreaths during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda's visit to Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on January 11, 2023. (President of Ukraine via Flickr)
A Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) poster displaying North Korean nuclear tests on February 12, 2013, at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Dieter Nagl/AFP via Getty Images)
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne at the US Department of State, in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2021. (State Department photo by Ron Przysucha)