An army dog stands up as retiring soldiers salute their guard post before retirement in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on November 29, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)
Brazilian navy soldiers watch a woman as they patrol the area at the Copacabana Beach before carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 14, 2017. (Photo by Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
Israeli soldiers of the Search and Rescue brigade take part in a training session in Ben Shemen forest, near the city of Modi'in May 23, 2016. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)
Soldiers march during a military parade commemorating the 37th anniversary of the founding of the Nicaragua's army, in Managua, Nicaragua September 3, 2016. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)
Women soldiers dance during a parade marking the 78th anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, October 5, 2023. (Photo by Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo)
A Mexican soldier burns coca plants in the mountainous area of Atoyac de Alvarez, Guerrero state, Mexico, on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Francisco Robles/AFP Photo)
Ukrainian soldiers who just came from battle stand near an ambulance at a 47th Brigade field hospital near Avdiivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)
Yussef Saluta (R), 20, an Israeli Arab soldier from the Desert Reconnaissance battalion takes part in a drill near Kissufim in southern Israel November 29, 2016. A battalion of soldiers crawls across the desert sand with assault rifles cocked. It's a routine exercise, but these are no ordinary troops – they are Arabs who have chosen to fight for the Jewish state. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters) (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)