Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Xi Jinping makes a public pledge of allegiance to the constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 10, 2023. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Indiana transits the Thames River as it arrives in Groton, Connecticut, on October 29, 2018. (US Navy photo by Steven Hoskins)
Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Scott Hardman)
Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville salute the national ensign after arriving at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base on February 27, 2023. (Australia Department of Defence)