An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Oana-SilviaȚoiu speaks during a joint press conference with the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine on August 7, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
An employee checks the production line of drink bottles at the workshop of Changji Baolong Packaging Technology Development Co., Ltd. on May 6, 2024, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. (Tao Weiming/VCG via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, China, on September 5, 2024. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via Getty Images)
People wave Indian flags as an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state, on July 14, 2023. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian President Viktor Orban, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting during the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 15, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)