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Workers produce photovoltaic panel components at a workshop in Suqian, China, on December 9, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Mt. Fuji shows between skyscrapers in Tokyo, Japan, on November 14, 2023. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)
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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)
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An aerial view shows cargo containers stacked at Yantian port in Shenzhen, China, on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and French President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO Summit on July 12, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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An aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2023. (US Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)
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The exterior of the US Steel Tower, headquarters of USX Steel, on March 20, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen via Getty Images)
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