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)
Joe Biden holds a meeting with his science and technology advisors at the White House on April 4, 2023, in Washington, DC. (The White House via Flickr)
Iranian-Christian people at the Saint Gregory church during the New Year mass prayer ceremony in Tehran, January 1, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on June 13, 2023. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Crude oil tanker at a terminal operated by China Petrochemical Corporation or Sinopec Group in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China. (VCG via Getty Images)