A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
An Israel Defense Forces artillery unit fires towards Gaza near the border on December 11, 2023, in Southern Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
A soldier walks with a rose near photos of people killed during Hamas's attack on the Nova festival at the site on November 29, 2023, in Re'im, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland wave the Niger national flag and flag bearing the logo of private military Company Wagner as they gather to protest ouside the Niger and French airbase to demand the departure of the French army from Niger in Niamey on September 16, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
An aerial view of the complex housing the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City on October 18, 2023, in the aftermath of an overnight blast. (Shadi Al-Tabatibi/AFP via Getty Images)
A member of the Israeli forces runs past a fire raging in a house in Ashkelon following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabi/AFP via Getty Images)
United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters during a rally in support of Palestinians at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on November 12, 2023. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)