GERMANY-NATO-DIPLOMACY-MILITARY-DEFENCE-EXERCISE

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) talks with a German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) soldier next to a German ECR Tornado aircraft at the military air base in Jagel, southern Germany, during the Air Defender Exercise 2023 on June 16, 2023. The Air Defender 2023 is a multinational air operation exercise including some 220 military aircraft from 25 NATO and partner countries in European airspace under the command of the German Air Force taking place from June 12 to June 24, 2023. The exercise will include operational and tactical-level training, primarily in Germany, but also in the Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia. (Photo by Axel Heimken / AFP)