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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises from an explosion during an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 17, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Nicolás Maduro meets with Li Keqiang on September 23, 2013, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang via Getty Images)
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Afghan security forces inspect the scene of an attack on a clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 12, 2020. (Haroon Sabawoon via Getty Images)
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Iraqi government forces hold an Islamis State group flag on January 26, 2015, in Diyala, Iraq. (Younis Al-Bayati/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar at Russian military targets on November 11, 2024, in Toretsk, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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The USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier transits the South China Sea on May 26, 2024. (DVIDS)
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A worker produces wear-resistant rings for export to European and American markets in a workshop on October 14, 2024, in Binzhou City, China. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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Iran exhibits its missiles, satellite-carrying rockets, and air defense systems in Tehran, Iran, on October 17, 2024. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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William P. Barr
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