FILE - President Barack Obama presents a National Humanities Medal to poet, novelist, farmer and conservationist, Wendell E. Berry, March 2, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

FILE - Author Wendell Berry talks with a reporter at his home in Port Royal, Ky., March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev's wife Mehriban Aliyeva, greet each other as Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, second right, and leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gather to watch the opening ceremony of the World Nomad Games, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and his daughter Zahra attend the opening ceremony of the World Nomad Games, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping pose for photos during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Kristina Solovyova, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Kristina Solovyova, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Pyotr Kovalev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

A Palestinian paramedic throws water onto the smoldering wreckage of a car after an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Alzanoun)