An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
China's President Xi Jinping speaks to American business leaders in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023. (Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin sits in a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region on August 12, 2024, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
A man passes by a building covered with photos of hostages who have been released or are still being held in the Gaza Strip, on March 26, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the soldiers in the Kupiansk frontline on November 30, 2023, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)