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A new visual by World Visualized highlights the countries with the highest average testosterone levels, measured in nanograms per deciliter (ng/dl).

Escalating tensions across the Middle East have drawn renewed attention to the scale and reach of Iran’s missile and drone operations in the region.

Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles and more than a thousand drones during the first eight days of the conflict with the United States and its allies, according to military data compiled from Israeli sources.

Iran has launched thousands of missiles and drones toward Gulf countries and Israel in recent years, with the United Arab Emirates receiving nearly half of the total strikes recorded across the region, according to data compiled by the Foundation for Defence of Democracies (FDD) and Modern Diplomacy Azerbaijan (Modern Az).

Since the 11 September 2001 attacks, US air power has been used repeatedly across multiple regions under both Republican and Democratic administrations. The map summarises where airstrikes, drone strikes or missile attacks were carried out, but the underlying record shows continuity rather than exception.

Rising tensions in the Middle East have once again drawn attention to the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important shipping routes for oil and gas.