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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma in the Philippine Sea on February 16, 2022. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier)

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President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during Taiwan National Day on October 10, 2023, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)

A screen displays a portrait of re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin following the announcement of the official results in the three-day presidential election at Russia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in Moscow on March 21, 2024. (Stringer via Getty Images)

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev receives Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Baku, Azerbaijan, on March 17, 2024. (Azerbaijani Presidency 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)

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A worker leaves US Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Works, March 10, 2018, in Braddock, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat near of Lyman, Ukraine, on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The water level of the Yangtze River and Jialing River in Chongqing, China, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sail in formation in the Philippine Sea on June 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga)