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)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and French President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO Summit on July 12, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is greeted by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he arrives in Ferihegy, Hungary, on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Vivien Cher Benko/AFP via Getty Images)
Patrons attend a watch party for the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential elections in San Francisco, California, on June 27, 2024. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
French far-right Rassemblement National President Jordan Bardella votes during the first round of parliamentary elections in Garches, Paris, on June 30, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images)
A billboard promoting contract army service with the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" sits in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2022. (Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)