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Servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade in Rostov-on-Don on May 9, 2023. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)
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Turkish Minister Osman Askin Bak with his Azerbaijani counterpart Farid Gayibov and Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS Kubanychbek Omuraliev during the Seventh Working Group Meeting of the OTS in Basgal, Azerbaijan, on November 9, 2023. (Ahmet Izgi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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United States Air Force Airmen assigned to Ramstein Air Base in Germany guard a C-17 Globemaster III at Nevatim Base, Israel, on October 15, 2023. (Edgar Grimaldo via DVIDS)
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Radar domes in Svalbard, Norway, on March 15, 2013. (Bernt Rostad via Flickr)
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Presidential Executive Office of Russia, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Palestinians in Ramallah, West Bank, on November 1, 2023, chant slogans in support of the people in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images)
Podcast
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Newly elected US House Speaker Mike Johnson is sworn in at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2023. (Tome Brenner/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)