A woman walks past a concrete shelter painted in the style of Ukrainian embroidered ornamentation on May 17, 2025, in Kherson, Ukraine. According to the city military administration, there are over 800 shelters of various types in Kherson. (Ivan Antypenko via Getty Images)
People walk in Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 13, 2022, two days before the city hosted a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. (Alexander Nemenov via Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
A woman walks past a concrete shelter painted in the style of Ukrainian embroidered ornamentation on May 17, 2025, in Kherson, Ukraine. According to the city military administration, there are over 800 shelters of various types in Kherson. (Ivan Antypenko via Getty Images)
People attend the first Sunday mass in Aleppo, Syria, since the rebel forces deposed the Assad regime on December 15, 2024. (Burak Kara via Getty Images)
Antony Blinken meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Turkey on December 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Syrians living in Turkey celebrate with opposition flags after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Burak Kara via Getty Images)
A crucifix is pictured outside the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Aleppo, Syria, on December 12, 2024. (Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images)