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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks at the a joint press availability on January 11, 2023, at the US Department of State. (US Department of State via Flickr)
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greets President Joe Biden at Akasaka Place in Tokyo, Japan, on May 22, 2022. (The White House via Flickr)
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A woman wearing a face mask walks in front of CCTV cameras on December 29, 2022, in Macau, China. (Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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An employee shows a Phantom DJI drone at a store in Shanghai on May 27, 2019. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
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People protesting against China's Zero-COVID policy in solidarity with Urumqi people at Tiananmen Memorial in Chinatown, Boston, on December 2, 2022. (Tang Ka Huen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, on June 27, 2006. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Visitors look at Alibaba DAMO Academy’s core components of quantum computer during the Apsara Conference 2021 on October 19, 2021, in Hangzhou, China. (Photo by Long Wei/VCG via Getty Images)
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The medium-displacement unmanned surface vessel Sea Hunter sits pierside at Naval Base San Diego during the Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One Establishment ceremony on May 13, 2022, in San Diego, California. (US Navy photo by Kevin C. Leitner)
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A Cosco Shipping container ship prepares to dock at Yantai, China, on December 29, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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David Asher
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Alexander Benard
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William Chou
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