Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
An American flag is displayed on a desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on July 15, 2025 in New York City. (Getty Images)
M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems conduct live-fire missions during Operation Epic Fury in the US Central Command area of responsibility. (US Army)
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)
The largest container ship in the world, the MSC Michel Cappellini, at Ningbo Zhoushan Port on June 2, 2023 in Ningbo, China. (Photo by Jiang Xiaodong/VCG via Getty Images)
On his first state visit to the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with five US governors to discuss clean technology and economic development on September 22, 2015, in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Matt Mills McKnight-Pool/Getty Images)
Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to mark the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations in September, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Naohiko Hatta via Getty Images)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House of Representatives at the US Capitol on April 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)