A bust of Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) is pictured outside the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. (Photo: AFP)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken poses with diplomatic representatives the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Ministerial at the U.S. State Department on Sept. 30 in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Expedition 72 astronauts lifts off from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on September 28, 2024. (Photo: Gregg Newton/AFP)
U.S. soldiers with the 360th Ordinance Company, assisted by French troops, conduct a controlled denotation at al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Dec 29th, 2023 (Quince Landford/U.S. Army)
Cypriot Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou, left, talks with his counterparts of Malta Miriam Dalli, center, and Slovenia Bojan Kumer, left, during the MED9 Energy Ministerial Meeting in southern coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus. (Photo