A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force mid-range multi-purpose missile is fired during a live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area on June 7, 2026, in Gotemba, Japan. (Getty Images)
The flag used by the Taliban's interim government is seen over Afghanistan’s embassy in Moscow on July 4, 2025, after Russia officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Getty Images)
A police officer looking at League of Social Democrats protesting outside the Central Government office on October 25, 2023, in Hong Kong, China. (Vernon Yuen via Getty Images)
Protestors oppose the Chinese Genocide of Uyghur Muslims outside of the State Department headquarters in Washington, DC, on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Boats and outboard motors assumed to have been used by migrants to cross the English Channel lie in a Border Force holding facility on January 17, 2024, in Dover, England. (Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
Taliban security personnel stand guard as a burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the Security Council listen as Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Philippe Lazzarini speaks during a meeting on the Israel-Hamas war at United Nations headquarters on October 30, 2023, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)
A fan poses for a photo as a sailing ship bearing a portrait of Inter Miami CF's Argentine forward Lionel Messi sails across the Victoria Harbor on February 3, 2024, in Hong Kong, China. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Jakartans are coming and casting their votes at a polling station during the Indonesian general election in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 14, 2024. (Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)