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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the golden book as he meets Norway’s king on October 20, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty Images)
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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) flies its battle flag in the Philippine Sea on June 7, 2024. (Ange-Olivier Clement via DVIDS)
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Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers patrol at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 7, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sailors spin up an F-35C Lightning II for maintenance operations in the Pacific Ocean, on June 14, 2024.
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A Ukrainian soldier fires a bazooka in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Congressman Ritchie Torres walks down the House steps during votes on June 14, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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A Japanese phosphorus bomb explodes over Kagamigahara, Japan, 1945. (Photo by USAAF/Interim Archives/Getty Images)
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A person walks past a Microsoft office on 8th Avenue on May 16, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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Soldiers from the Third US Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard) place flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 23, 2024. (Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery/US Army)
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