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)
Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran in downtown Tehran on October 12, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019, in Vladivostok, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade stand in front of a model of Shehab drone during a rally in Gaza City on September 21, 2022. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)