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)
An Afghan woman begs for money from passing cars in the snow, with her child huddled beside her, on the Kabul road south to Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2022. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
Taliban members ride on top of an armored vehicle on August 15, 2022, during a celebration of the first anniversary of the Taliban's return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images)
Members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces participate in tactical exercises in the forest near Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 13, 2022. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A destroyed tank of the Russian army is seen at Kukhari, Kyiv Oblast, on July 9, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a press conference after the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 24, 2022. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)