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)
An aerial view shows a mass funeral ceremony being held at the Holy Cross Church in the Al-Qassaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on June 24, 2025. (Izettin Kasim via Getty Images)
Puntland Maritime Police Forces are patrolling against the recently increasing pirate attacks off the coast in Puntland, Somalia on January 29, 2024. (Abuukar Mohamed via Getty Images)
The Crimean Tatar flag flies on a flagpole in front of the Lviv Oblast Military Administration on May 17, 2024, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Stanislav Ivanov via Getty Images)
Pakistani Christian Perveen Bibi weeps outside the torched Saint John Church in Jaranwala on the outskirts of Faisalabad on August 17, 2023. (Aamir Qureshi via Getty Images)
Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul on October 1, 2023. (Yasin Akgul via Getty Images)
Coptic Orthodox Christians gather for an Easter service at the Monastery of Saint Simon the Tanner, located in the Mokattam Mountain area of Cairo, on April 19, 2025. (Ahmed Sayed via Getty Images)
Mourners carry the coffins of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, during a funeral procession on January 4, 2020. (Mohammed Sawaf via Getty Images)