Chinese People's Liberation Army honour guard members march during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
European leaders, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a family photo on December 15, 2025, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
Bridges are seen crossing the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in February 2017, with a road bridge in the foreground and rail bridge in the background. (Wikimedia Commons)
Royal Australian Navy officers and sailors stand at ease on board HMAS Choules during their port visit to Hobart, Tasmania, in May 2025. (Australian Department of Defense)
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on December 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025. (Getty Images)
Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership election on October 4, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15E Strike Eagle performs a demonstration during Air Fest 2025 at Misawa Air Base in Japan on September 21, 2025. (US Air Force)
Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles and Japan’s Defence Minister General Nakatani hold a joint press announcement aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Mogami-class stealth frigate JS Mikuma at the JMSDF naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, on September 5, 2025. (Getty Images)
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)