In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing Street on the day the cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza on July 29, 2025, in London, England. (Toby Melville via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. (Allison Robbert via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a North Atlantic Council plenary meeting during the NATO summit on June 25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (Kin Cheung via Getty Images)
Royal Navy security personnel stand guard on HMS Vigilant at Her Majesty's Naval Base on January 20, 2016, in Rhu, Scotland. (Jeff J. Mitchell via Getty Images)
A Swedish CB90-class fast assault craft approaches the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall during exercise Steadfast Defender 24 on March 6, 2024, in the Norwegian Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danielle Serocki)
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is carried by Pall bearers from the Queen's Company at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on September 19, 2022, in Windsor, England. (Jonathan Brady via Getty Images)