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President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Mourners gather around floral tributes at Bondi Pavilion to honor the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, Australia, on December 16, 2025. (Getty Images)

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the National Diet in Tokyo on December 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump delivers remarks alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 (Getty Images)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 21, 2025. (Getty Images)

Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. (Wikimedia Commons)

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President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands on October 31, 2025, in Gyeongju, South Korea. (Getty Images)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the COP30 on November 6, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on November 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress prepares to land at Morón Air Base in Spain on November 8, 2025, as part of Bomber Task Force 26-1. (US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa)