A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force mid-range multi-purpose missile is fired during a live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area on June 7, 2026, in Gotemba, Japan. (Getty Images)
The flag used by the Taliban's interim government is seen over Afghanistan’s embassy in Moscow on July 4, 2025, after Russia officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Getty Images)
The North Atlantic Council meeting room where the most important meetings of NATO members are held in the NATO Headquarters building on April 27, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)
A Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on October 8, 2019. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
Joe Biden holds a meeting with his science and technology advisors at the White House on April 4, 2023, in Washington, DC. (The White House via Flickr)
Crude oil tanker at a terminal operated by China Petrochemical Corporation or Sinopec Group in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China. (VCG via Getty Images)
Aerial view of the Diablo Canyon the only operational nuclear plant left in California due to be shutdown in 2024 on December 1, 2021, Avila Beach, California. (George Rose via Getty Images)
True color satellite image of the Yellow Sea between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. (Photo by Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)