Soldiers of the United States Army Rangers perform in combat exercises at Fort Benning, Ga., on April 10, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Runners take off at the start line of Pat’s Run, a 4.2-mile race honoring former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, in Tempe, Ariz., on April 11, 2026. John Marshall/AP Photo
The American Medical Response safety team extinguishes flames from the No. 91 SI Yachts Chevrolet, driven by Mason Maggio, after an on-track incident during the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., on April 11, 2026. Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images
(L-R) Tiffany Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Arabella Kushner react as President Donald Trump attends UFC 327 at Kaseya Center in Miami on April 11, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool/Getty Images
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rises after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 25 Starlink internet satellites, as seen from Pasadena, Calif., on April 6, 2026. Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in what may be one of the largest public offerings in history. Mario Tama/Getty Images
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump address the crowd as they host the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 6, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images
Breakout star Jones the dachshund attends Netflix’s “Beef” season 2 world premiere at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles on April 8, 2026. Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Netflix
A youngster exults while watching a live broadcast of the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth at the San Diego Air and Space Museum, during a watch party for the crew’s splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, in San Diego on April 10, 2026. The NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts splashed down as planned off the California coast, capping the U.S. space agency’s successful crewed test mission around the Moon, the first such flyby in more than 50 years. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images
Joey Wiemer (21) of the Washington Nationals attempts to catch a home run off the bat of William Contreras (24) of the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth inning at American Family Field in Milwaukee on April 11, 2026. John Fisher/Getty Images
(L-R) Investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann, author of “The Xinjiang Procedure”; Wesley Smith, chair and senior fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and author of “Culture of Death”; Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.); and Jay Richards, vice president of Social and Domestic Policy and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, speak at a Heritage Foundation panel on “Organ Harvesting: Communist China’s Hideous Shop of Horrors” in Washington on April 7, 2026. Irene Luo/The Epoch Times
NATO Secrertary General Mark Rutte (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio share a laugh during a meeting at the State Department in Washington on April 8, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images
A rower travels on the Great Salt Lake near Magna, Utah, on April 7, 2026. President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget proposal includes a $1 billion request to fund a federal program aimed at boosting water flows, restoring ecosystems, removing invasive species, and addressing toxic dust to help stabilize the shrinking lake. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Ian Woosnam (L) of Wales and Sam Burns of the United States shakes hands on the ninth hole during the Par Three Contest prior to the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 8, 2026. Hector Vivas/Getty Images
Vice President JD Vance (L) walks from Marine Two on his way to board Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 10, 2026, as he departs for Pakistan for talks on Iran. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
A Scottish band accompanies traditional Scottish dancers on Sixth Avenue alongside the 2026 Tartan Parade in New York City on April 11, 2026. The Tartan Parade is the celebratory march to highlight Scottish heritage, culture and traditions, held during Tartan Week in New York City. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
As the Artemis II crew came close to passing behind the moon and experiencing a planned loss of signal, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the moon's limb on April 6, 2026. In this photo, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while Australia and Oceania are in daylight. In the foreground, the Ohm crater is visible, with terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Peaks such as these form in complex craters when the lunar surface is liquified on impact, and the liquefied surface splashes upward during the crater’s formation. NASA via Getty Images
Correction: A previous version of this article misidentified astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, in a photo caption. The Epoch Times regrets the error.
