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)
A new type of 300 millimeter wafer with semiconductor chips and finished microchips of the semiconductor German manufacturer Bosch are seen in Dresden, eastern Germany on May 31, 2021 (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images)
The logo of video-sharing platform TikTok, also known as Douyin, is seen during TikTok art creation forum on March 17, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
A researcher works in a lab that is developing testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation on February 28, 2020 in Nutley, New Jersey (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
Medical laboratory scientist, Aniela Sobel, tests serology samples from the Novavax phase 3 Covid-19 clinical vaccine trial at the UW Medicine Retrovirology Research Lab at Harborview Medical Center on February 12 (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)