Frida Ghitis

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, May 5, 2026 (Sputnik photo by Mikhail Metzel via AP).

Plumes of smoke rise from an oil facility that was struck by debris from an Iranian drone, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 14, 2026. (AP photo by Altaf Qadri)

President Donald Trump poses with employees at the facilities of Thermo Fisher Scientific, in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11, 2026. (AP photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Cargo ships sit at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. (ISNA photo by Amirhosein Khorgooi via AP)

A police officer patrols near a bank branch that was damaged by an insurgent attack in Buenos Aires, Colombia, May 20, 2026. (AP photo by Santiago Saldarriaga)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Memorial Day ceremony in Jerusalem, April 20, 2026. (pool photo by Marc Israel Sellem via AP)

A cargo ship unloads containers at the seaport in Buenaventura, on Colombia’s Pacific coast, April 9, 2025. (AP photo by Fernando Vergara)

Women cross a street under a huge banner showing hands firmly holding Iranian flags as a sign of patriotism, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio watches the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the U.S. sign the Tripartite Framework, in Washington, June 26, 2026. (AP photo by Kevin Wolf)

The coffins of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family are carried through Tehran during a funeral procession, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo by Vahid Salemi)