US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) facility, which will house a compact fusion experiment device, undergoes its first exterior lighting test on September 9, 2026, in Hefei, China. (Getty Images)
United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in a joint press conference after talks on September 6, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Engineers work outside the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, on September 25, 2009. (Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
March 19, 2015 the unveiling of a poster in the courtyard of the City Hall in the southwestern French city in honor of Asia Bibi (NICOLAS TUCAT/Getty Images)
Technicians work in a crane next to Notre Dame cathedral following the massive fire earlier this month, on April 29, 2019 in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei holds a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran on April 03, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as a security staff member stands guard in foreground during a rally of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Turkey, on March 28, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his wife Iriana speak to journalist after the election at a polling station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 17, 2019. (Barcroft Media/Getty Images)
An Algerian protester waves a flag during an anti-government demonstration to demand an overhaul of the political system after long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned. (picture alliance/Getty Images)
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir attends a meeting with his new 20-member cabinet as they take oath at the presidential palace in the capital on March 14, 2019. (ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)