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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)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping shake hands during a welcoming ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 8, 2025. (Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Room of the White House on December 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

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A rat guard painted in the tricolor of the French flag is seen as the French Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is docked in Indonesia on January 28, 2025. (Getty Images)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting at the Chancellery on December 15, 2025, in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)

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Teresa Lai and Lai Shun-yan, the respective wife and son of Jimmy Lai, and Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former bishop of Hong Kong, arrive at the West Kowloon Law Courts building in Hong Kong on December 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

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A woman works on a printed circuit board at an electronics factory in Anhui, China, on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Getty Images)