SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 26: South Korean military parade during the 75th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony on September 26, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. Thousands of troops participated in this year's ceremony while ground military equipment were showcased. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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A damaged residential apartment building following shelling is seen in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, declared that it started what it called an "anti-terrorist operation" targeting Armenian military positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and officials in that region said there was heavy artillery firing around its capital. (AP Photo/Siranush Sargsyan)
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Azerbaijan launches operation against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
A damaged residential building in Stepanakert, the regional capital, after Azerbaijan began strikes on Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19, 2023.
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BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN - DECEMBER 9: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'KREMLIN PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) receives Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan (L) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on December 9, 2022. (Photo by Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn's son, looks on at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport as he heads back to the United States after a surprise visit to the kingdom after living abroad for 27 years, Thailand, August 14, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Then-Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang speaks at a news conference in Beijing on May 23, 2023.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits an aircraft manufacturing plant in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Khabarovsk region, Russia, September 15, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.
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Taiwanese flags are seen at the Ministry of National Defence of Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan, December 26, 2022.
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Kim Jong Un en route to Russia
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An aerial view of a strip of land between the Pacific Ocean (R) and lagoon on November 25, 2019 in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
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This photo taken on August 22, 2023 shows a Chinese coast guard ship (L) shadowing a Philippine civilian boat chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre in the disputed South China Sea.
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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