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Kyrgyz paratroopers carry out descending drills near the Ala-Too military grounds some 12 miles from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images)
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2/19/2026Updated: 2/19/2026
President Donald Trump poses for a family photo along with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Jared Kushner and other Board of Peace representatives during the inaugural meeting of the board at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington on Feb. 19, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump poses for a family photo along with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Jared Kushner and other Board of Peace representatives during the inaugural meeting of the board at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington on Feb. 19, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A view of Mount Kanlaon erupting from Murcia town, Negros Occidental province, central Philippines, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Francis Fabiania/AFP via Getty Images)

A view of Mount Kanlaon erupting from Murcia town, Negros Occidental province, central Philippines, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Francis Fabiania/AFP via Getty Images)

A Ukrainian Railways mechanic uses a grinder to cut through a frozen pipe during emergency work on a heating station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 19, 2026. As the war approaches its fourth anniversary, Ukrainians have been forced to cope with subzero temperatures with widespread heat and electricity outages caused by Russia's relentless attacks on the nation's energy infrastructure. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A Ukrainian Railways mechanic uses a grinder to cut through a frozen pipe during emergency work on a heating station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 19, 2026. As the war approaches its fourth anniversary, Ukrainians have been forced to cope with subzero temperatures with widespread heat and electricity outages caused by Russia's relentless attacks on the nation's energy infrastructure. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Arno Lietha of Team Switzerland and Ot Ferrer Martinez of Team Spain compete during Semifinal 2 of the Ski Mountaineering Men's Sprint at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Center in Bormio, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

Arno Lietha of Team Switzerland and Ot Ferrer Martinez of Team Spain compete during Semifinal 2 of the Ski Mountaineering Men's Sprint at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Center in Bormio, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jet comes in to land at RAF Coningsby after a sortie, in Coningsby, England, on Feb. 19, 2026. RAF Coningsby is home to the RAF Quick Reaction Alert aircraft and the base for three front-line Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 units. It is also the training station for Typhoon pilots. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jet comes in to land at RAF Coningsby after a sortie, in Coningsby, England, on Feb. 19, 2026. RAF Coningsby is home to the RAF Quick Reaction Alert aircraft and the base for three front-line Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 units. It is also the training station for Typhoon pilots. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

French farmer Richard Fontaine walks through a flooded cabbage field in Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes, France, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images)

French farmer Richard Fontaine walks through a flooded cabbage field in Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes, France, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images)

People walk in Red Square during heavy snowfall in central Moscow on Feb. 19, 2026. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

People walk in Red Square during heavy snowfall in central Moscow on Feb. 19, 2026. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

A television reporter broadcasts across the road from Nancy Guthrie's residence in Tucson on Feb. 19, 2026. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of Feb. 1. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A television reporter broadcasts across the road from Nancy Guthrie's residence in Tucson on Feb. 19, 2026. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of Feb. 1. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Daniel Hall of Team Canada competes during the Speed Skating Men's 1500m at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Daniel Hall of Team Canada competes during the Speed Skating Men's 1500m at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

German Chancellor and Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz poses next to the last official Mercedes car of late and former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer as he inspects the venue for the CDU party congress at the fairgrounds in Stuttgart, Germany, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images)

German Chancellor and Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz poses next to the last official Mercedes car of late and former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer as he inspects the venue for the CDU party congress at the fairgrounds in Stuttgart, Germany, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images)

Young boys play football at a refugee camp in Adre, Chad, on Feb. 19, 2026. In April 2023, civil war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the armed militia group Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has so far displaced around 14 million people across the region. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Young boys play football at a refugee camp in Adre, Chad, on Feb. 19, 2026. In April 2023, civil war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the armed militia group Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has so far displaced around 14 million people across the region. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Polish-made BLUSZCZ unmanned mine-scattering vehicle is pictured during an open test of unmanned weapon systems conducted by the Polish Armaments Group at the Military Institute of Armament Technology training ground in Zielonka, a suburb of Warsaw, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images)

A Polish-made BLUSZCZ unmanned mine-scattering vehicle is pictured during an open test of unmanned weapon systems conducted by the Polish Armaments Group at the Military Institute of Armament Technology training ground in Zielonka, a suburb of Warsaw, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images)

Youths chase the leather ball during the annual ‘Fastern Eve Handba’ event in Jedburgh, Scotland, on Feb. 19, 2026. The event, which dates back to the 1700's, involves two teams—the ‘Uppies’ and ‘Doonies’—competing to lob the ball to opposite ends of the town. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Youths chase the leather ball during the annual ‘Fastern Eve Handba’ event in Jedburgh, Scotland, on Feb. 19, 2026. The event, which dates back to the 1700's, involves two teams—the ‘Uppies’ and ‘Doonies’—competing to lob the ball to opposite ends of the town. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Cassie Sharpe of Team Canada waves to the crowd as she is carried off by medical staff after a crash in the Women's Free Ski Halfpipe Qualification at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Livigno Air Park in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Cassie Sharpe of Team Canada waves to the crowd as she is carried off by medical staff after a crash in the Women's Free Ski Halfpipe Qualification at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Livigno Air Park in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Guests attend the funeral of Princess Desiree, Baroness Silfverschiold at The Royal Chapel, inside The Royal Palace in Stockholm on Feb. 19, 2026. Princess Desiree, the elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, died on Jan. 21, 2026, at 87. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

Guests attend the funeral of Princess Desiree, Baroness Silfverschiold at The Royal Chapel, inside The Royal Palace in Stockholm on Feb. 19, 2026. Princess Desiree, the elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, died on Jan. 21, 2026, at 87. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

Firefighters work at the site of a deadly explosion, according to local media, in Santiago, Chile, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Pablo Sanhueza / Reuters)

Firefighters work at the site of a deadly explosion, according to local media, in Santiago, Chile, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Pablo Sanhueza / Reuters)

A postal worker clears snow in front of a postbox in Niseko, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images)

A postal worker clears snow in front of a postbox in Niseko, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images)

Geese in a park in Vizille, a town in southeastern France, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Thibaut Durand/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Geese in a park in Vizille, a town in southeastern France, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Thibaut Durand/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

A man walks through the empty Constitution railway station during a national strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Marcos Brindicci/Getty Images)

A man walks through the empty Constitution railway station during a national strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Marcos Brindicci/Getty Images)

A mural on a street leading to Plaza del Chorro de Quevedo, a historic square considered the birthplace of Bogotá, Colombia, and one of its main tourist attractions, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)

A mural on a street leading to Plaza del Chorro de Quevedo, a historic square considered the birthplace of Bogotá, Colombia, and one of its main tourist attractions, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)

A motorist scrapes ice off his vehicle along Interstate 80 during a snowstorm near Camp Spaulding in Placer County, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2026. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)

A motorist scrapes ice off his vehicle along Interstate 80 during a snowstorm near Camp Spaulding in Placer County, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2026. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)

A white-eye bird perches on a blossoming plum tree during the Plum Festival at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2026. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)

A white-eye bird perches on a blossoming plum tree during the Plum Festival at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2026. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)

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