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![An Ethiopian flag flutters in the wind next to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, built along the Blue Nile, during its inauguration in Guba, Ethiopia on September 9, 2025.]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force stand guard during a drill near a bush in Minna, Niger state, Nigeria, on November 29, 2025. Vigilante groups have stepped in to fill security gaps as rural communities face rising attacks and abductions by armed gangs.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt speak to the media following a meeting with U.S. Congress members in Washington, January 14, 2026.</p>]()
By Liana Fix and Benjamin Harris![<p> Fires are lit as protesters rally in Tehran, Iran on January 8, 2026.</p>]()
By Michael Froman![<p>A U.S. Coast Guard ship accompanies the Marinera oil tanker on January 14, 2026, in Burghead, Scotland. </p>]()
By Stephen Sestanovich![<p>Iranians attend an antigovernment protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9, 2026. </p>]()
By Elliott Abrams, Henri J. Barkey, Steven A. Cook and Elisa Ewers![<p>Armored vehicles drive down the avenue during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2025. </p>]()
By Erin D. Dumbacher, Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![<p>Protesters gather in front of the U.S. consulate during a demonstration in Nuuk, Greenland, March 15, 2025.</p>]()
By Michael Froman![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as senior officials look on during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro was captured, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Charles A. Kupchan![<p>Panamanian General Manuel Noriega addresses a group at the International Conference against U.S. Intervention on November 29, 1989.</p>]()
By David J. Scheffer![<p>President Donald Trump sitting next to CIA Director John Ratcliffe and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as they watch the U.S. military operation in Venezuela from Trump’s Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil, Elliott Abrams, Max Boot and Roxanna Vigil![<p>Iranian people hold the national flags next to a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a pro-government rally in opposition to the recent protests in Iran in southern Tehran on December 30, 2025. </p>]()
By Ray Takeyh![<p>Activists hold up pictures of abducted Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit and flash a three fingers salute as people gather in support of him during a protest calling for an investigation, in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 12, 2020</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, October 26, 2025.</p>]()
By Michael Froman![<p>Workers check vehicle frames on the production line for electric vehicle maker Zeekr at its factory in Ningbo, China, on May 29, 2025.</p>]()
By David M. Hart![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump talks to members of the press as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on July 1, 2025. </p>]()
By Michael Froman![<p>Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2025.</p>]()
By Michael C. Horowitz, Chris McGuire and Zongyuan Zoe Liu![<p>A man wears a cap with a picture of Donald Trump at an anti-immigration demonstration in Warsaw, Poland.</p>]()
By Rebecca Lissner![<p>Members of the National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Command take part in a rally against a possible escalation of U.S. actions toward the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, November 25, 2025.</p>]()
By Roxanna Vigil
