Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Afghans wait in long lines for hours at the passport office as many are desperate to have their travel documents ready to go on August 14, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
Afghan Commandos on a Mobile Strike Force Vehicle in Shindand Military Base, Herat province (Photo by Franz J. Marty/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducts routine underway operations (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Molly Crawford)