Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
People walk by an European flag in the German Lower House of parliament ahead of the upcoming summit of the European Council and the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)
A signing table remains in the East Room after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves the White House early on February 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)