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 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)