A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Rushan Abbas holds a photo of her sister, Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, who is detained in China, during the “No Deals Without Freedom” protest at Lafayette Park on May 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China, on September 4, 2017. (Kenzaburo Fukuhara/AFP via Getty Images)
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover the Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the continental US in the Atlantic Ocean on January 5, 2023. (US Navy Photo by Tyler Thompson)
A US Coast Guard helicopter flies over a debris field during recovery efforts of a high-altitude surveillance balloon on February 4, 2023, in the Atlantic Ocean. (US Navy photo by Jerry Ireland)