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Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on March 3, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A Taliban security personnel operates an anti-aircraft gun near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on February 27, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A man holds a US flag and a sign with a portrait of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as members of the Iranian community celebrate in Los Angeles on February 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain, on February 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for visiting President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi prior to their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on February 14, 2023. (Getty Images)
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An F-35C Lightning II prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 2, 2026. (US Navy)
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A man holds a US flag and a sign with a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images)
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk cruise missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 1, 2026. (US Navy)
