A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
Niger's Armed Forces drive through the airport's tarmac in Diffa, southeastern Niger, as they patrol during a visit of Niger's Interior Minister on June 16, 2016 following attacks by Nigeria-based Boko Haram fighters in the region (Getty Images)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping accompanies U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to view an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on August 18, 2011 in Beijing, China (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) in Brussels, Belgium on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Etienne Ansotte / Pool/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
US President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga walk through the Colonnade to take part in a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 16, 2021 (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Turkey's President Erdogan, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and President Joe Biden are seen on a screen during a climate change virtual summit (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
China's President Xi Jinping applauds after voting during a session during the closing session of the National People's Congress (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images).