A bomb-laden Su-25 jet at the Hmeimim air base in December 2015. Russia's lease agreement obliged Assad’s military to safeguard the perimeter of the Hmeimim base, while giving Moscow legal jurisdiction over the facilities inside. Negotiating perimeter protection from Syria’s new rulers will be vital for the Russian bases in an era of wire-controlled drones immune to jamming. (Photo by AP Photo)

Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, holds a rifle during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)

Henry Frayne of Australia shows his ability to triple jump the lenghth of more than two Formula 1 cars during a press conference at Albert Park on February 29, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)

A window cleaner passes a lighter to his colleague while rappelling from a new building in Tianjin March 23, 2007. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A Syrian man sells vegetables in front of a damaged tank in Homs, on December 20, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP Photo)

A Palestinian beekeeper uses smoke to calm bees in the process of collecting honey at a farm in the central Gaza Strip on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Jess Lockwood, of Volberg, Mont., is bucked off Johnny Gringo during bull riding rodeo finals at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, July 16, 2017. (Photo by Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

Residents watch the ocean waves crash into the water front, after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cuba, Sunday, September 10, 2017. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)