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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Border Security Force soldiers pay respect during a wreath-laying ceremony for Constable Deepak Chingakham of the Border Security Force, who was killed during a cross-border firing between India and Pakistan in Jammu on May 12, 2025. (Money Sharma via Getty Images)
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Wheeler Island, Odisha, India India successfully launches its longest range nuclear weapon capable inter-continental ballistic missile the Agni-5. (Pallava Bagla Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on February 25, 2020. (Prakash Singh via Getty Images)
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An Indian paramilitary trooper stands alert in Srinagar on May 10, 2025. (Saqib Majeed via Getty Images)
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Aspirants come out from an examination center after the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exams at A.N. College on June 18, 2024, in Patna, India. (Santosh Kumar via Getty Images)
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Pakistani ranger and Indian Border Security Force member on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on May 20, 2025. (Narinder Nanu via Getty Images)
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Workers wait along a road in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 14, 2025. (Sajjad Qayyum via Getty Images)
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Chinese-made Pakistan Air Force J-10C fighter jets perform at a rehearsal ahead of Pakistan鈥檚 national day parade in Islamabad on March 21, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Indian Border Security Force personnel and Pakistani Rangers lower their respective flags during the daily beating retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah Post on August 15, 2021. (Narinder Nanu via Getty Images)
Experts
Aparna Pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
