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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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu during the press conference on November 21, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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An Israel Defense Forces artillery unit fires towards Gaza near the border on December 11, 2023, in Southern Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
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