Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
Ukrainian explosives experts and police officers examine parts of a Shahed 136 military drone following an air attack in Kharkiv on June 4, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok via Getty Images)
People hold a Pakistani national flag on a motorbike to celebrate the country's Independence Day in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug. 14, 2022. (Sajjad/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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