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China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on April 21, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on September 29, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II flies over the Pacific Ocean near Misawa Air Base in Japan on September 26, 2025. (US Air Force)
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Excavators and transport vehicles work at Dexing Copper Mine on August 16, 2024, in Shangrao, China. (Getty Images)
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China’s liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles DongFeng-5C pass through Tiananmen Square during a military parade on September 3, 2025 in Beijing. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The TikTok logo displays on a phone with the US flag on a laptop screen in Krakow, Poland, on January 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
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EA-18G Growlers simultaneously fire two AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles during a training exercise near Guam. (US Navy)
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US soldiers perform refuel an Apache helicopter while it runs during the Saber Junction 25 exercise at Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area in Germany on September 9, 2025. (US Army National Guard photo)
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Displaced Palestinians move southward in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders on September 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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