An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the "Salute to America" Fourth of July event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, July 4, 2019. (Getty Images)
A common minke whale is unloaded at Kushiro port during a research whaling on September 5, 2015 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump signs with US Vice President Mike Pence and US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the White House on June 24, 2019, 'hard-hitting sanctions' on Iran's supreme leader. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Taiwanese navy fired rockets and guns on September 17 in a scenario simulating a Chinese invasion in the island's biggest live-fire naval drill in 25 years.