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President Donald Trump walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Getty Images)

A protester burns a flare at Place de la Republique during a part of a Bloquons Tout (Let’s Block Everything) demonstration in Paris on September 10, 2025. (Getty Images)

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani addresses a press conference following Israeli strikes in Doha on September 9, 2025. (Karim Jaafar via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in the Oval Office on February 13, 2025. (Getty Images)

China’s President Xi Jinping attends a military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping greet each other during a welcoming ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin on August 31, 2025. (Getty Images)

Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 2, 2025. (Sergey Bobylev via Getty Images)

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is seen with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, European Central Bank Governor Christine Lagarde, and Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey on August 22, 2025, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (Natalie Behring via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a statement during a press conference with US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on August 18, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)

Hamas fighters patrol a street in central Gaza on February 8, 2025. (Eyad Baba via Getty Images)