Democratic Alliance supporters cheer and dance as they wait for Incumbent Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to arrive ahead of a press conference where he announced that he will seek to be elected as federal leader of the South African Democratic Alliance, in Cape Town on Feb. 27, 2026. Gianluigi Guerica/AFP via Getty Images
Israelis watch the Mediterranean Sea from a lookout in the northern city of Haifa as they wait for the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier to arrive off the coast of Israel on Feb. 27, 2026. The United States authorized the departure of non-emergency embassy staff from Israel, as it threatened strikes on Iran and pressed its biggest military build-up in the Middle East in decades. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
