Smoke rises after a strike on Tehran on March 3, 2026. Iran stepped up its attacks on economic targets and U.S. missions across the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “too late” for the Islamic republic to seek talks to escape the war. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office on March 3, 2026. Merz is the first European leader to visit Trump since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
An RAF Typhoon aircraft takes off for operations across the Middle East, at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on March 3, 2026. British jets are protecting UK personnel and allied nations across the Middle East, shooting down hostile drones. Sgt Lee Goddard/Handout/MoD Crown Copyright via Getty Images
South Korean First Lady Kim Hea Kyung, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos and Philippines First Lady Lisa Araneta Marcos at the presidential palace in Manila on March 3, 2026. Rolex Dela Pena/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Migrants try to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, France, on March 3, 2026. At dawn, four makeshift boats left the beach, each carrying at least 50 people, taking advantage of the temporary improvement in weather conditions to attempt an illegal crossing, AFP journalists observed. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images
The midtown Manhattan skyline is pictured from the top of the Empire State Building in New York on March 3, 2026. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Capitol Hill on March 3, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A boat for river transport on the Seine in Paris on March 3, 2026. Laure Boyer/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
Revellers smeared with colored powder celebrate the Hindu spring festival of Holi in Mumbai, India, on March 3, 2026. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images
Pieces of missiles and drones recovered after Iran's strikes are displayed during a press briefing by the UAE government in Abu Dhabi on March 3, 2026. Ryan Lim/AFP via Getty Images
North Macedonia's President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte inspect an honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in Skopje, North Macedonia, on March 3, 2026. Robert Atanasovski/AFP via Getty Images
Members of the Jewish community wearing U.S. flag-themed attire sing on a float as they celebrate the religious festival of Purim in Broughton, north of Manchester, Britain, on March 3, 2026. The Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the Persian Empire 2,500 years ago. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
The skyline of Panama City on March 3, 2026, during sunrise. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
A farm tractor is driven through the streets near Parliament Square in central London on March 3, 2026, in support of British farmers, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves presents her Spring Budget Statement in Parliament nearby. Brook Mitchell/AFP via Getty Images
People enjoy nice weather in a park with high temperatures from 62 to 66 Fahrenheit in Brussels city center, Belgium, on March 3, 2026. Emile Windal/Belga Mag/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters ahead of a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on March 3, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Israeli security forces stand next to the wreckage of cars as they inspect a site struck by a projectile in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 3, 2026. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images
Iranian nationals arrive in Turkey after passing through the Razi-Kapiköy border crossing in Van, northeastern Turkey, on March 3, 2026, a day after Turkey and Iran mutually suspended day-trip crossings at their border as Israeli-U.S. strikes continued to pound the Islamic Republic. Ali Ihsan Ozturk/AFP via Getty Images
The March full moon, also known as “Worm Moon” rises over the banking district in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 3, 2026. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
