Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
A watchtower on a high-security facility near what is believed to be a reeducation camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained in Xinjiang, China, on May 31, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 5, 2021. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)
People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at the Seoul Railway Station on June 5, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
A priest recites the stations of the cross prayers at the Holy Cross Cathedral in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 24, 2023. (John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images)