2017년 year in review : CNN

2017년 year in review : CNN 

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The biggest news and the most eye-catching photos from 2017

 

January 1 – Revelers in New York throw confetti on themselves while celebrating the new year in Times Square.Julio Cortez/AP

 

January 1 – The iconic Hollywood sign was vandalized to read "Hollyweed" on New Year’s Day. It was like that for about half a day until authorities took down the tarps that were used to change the lettering.Damian Dovarganes/AP

 

January 3 – Babies are dressed in chicken suits at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. The hospital was dressing up newborns to celebrate the Year of the Rooster, which was soon to start in the Chinese zodiac.Narong Sangnak/EPA

 

January 10 – US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, leave the stage after the President's farewell address in Chicago. During his speech, Obama recounted a presidency that saw setbacks as well as successes. See 100 moments from Obama's presidencyCharles Rex Arbogast/AP

 

January 12 – An owl is pictured at the Hanover Zoo in Hanover, Germany.Julian Stratenschulte/AFP/Getty Images

 

January 13 – A child from Mali, center, sleeps alongside other migrants after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, about 20 miles north of Tajura, Libya. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, at least 3,800 migrants died while crossing the Mediterranean in 2016. Thousands more have died in 2017.Olmo Calvo/AP

 

 

 

January 13 – A block of ice containing a drowned fox sits on the bank of the Danube River in Fridingen, Germany. The fox had fallen through the river’s ice four days earlier.Johannes Stehle/dpa/AP

 

January 20 – US President-elect Donald Trump arrives at his inauguration ceremony in Washington. His inaugural address centered on the themes that animated his stunning outsider campaign, which shattered political conventions and gave voice to heartland voters who felt badly let down by professional politicians.Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images

 

 

 

January 21 – People participate in the Women's March on Washington. More than 1 million people marched through Washington and other American cities to show support for women's rights and express their discontent over the election of President Donald Trump.Mario Tama/Getty Images

 

January 25 – Firefighters take a break from trying to extinguish oil wells in Qayyara, Iraq. ISIS militants had set oil wells on fire as they were pushed out by an Iraqi-led coalition trying to reclaim the region.Yunus Keles/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

January 29 – "Hidden Figures" stars Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae and Taraji P. Henson accept an award at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles. "Hidden Figures," based on the true story of African-American women who played vital roles in NASA's early space missions, won the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. "This film is about unity," Henson said while accepting the award.Christopher Polk/Getty Images for TNT

 

January 30 – Meryem Yildirim, top left, and Adin Bendat-Appell, top right, sit on the shoulders of their fathers during a protest at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier in the week that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspended the admission of refugees. The order sparked demonstrations at major airports across the country, as people rallied in support of those affected by new immigration policies.Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/TNS/Getty Images

 

February 1 – Israeli police carry away a protester in the West Bank outpost of Amona. In contrast to settlements, which are authorized by the Israeli government, outposts are illegally built villages that have not been recognized or authorized by the Israeli government. About 3,000 members of Israeli security forces were deployed to evacuate Amona, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. While some families left peacefully, there were clashes between police and about 1,000 protesters. The evacuation of Amona came the same day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans for the construction of a new settlement.Baz Ratner/Reuters/Newscom

 

 

 

February 4 – Pop star Taylor Swift performs at a concert in Houston. This year, she released her sixth studio album, “Reputation.”John Shearer/Getty Images for DirecTV

 

February 5 – People shine light from their cell phones during a protest in front of the government building in Bucharest, Romania. Half a million citizens took to the streets over a bill that would have protected many politicians from being prosecuted for corruption. The government announced that day that it was repealing the decree, which had been approved without input from Parliament.Andreea Alexandru/AP

 

February 9 – A bull throws a man during a bull-taming event in the Indian village of Palamedu.Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

February 12 – This photo, released by North Korea's state-run news agency, shows the test-firing of a new ballistic missile. A US official said the missile traveled 500 kilometers (310 miles) before landing in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. North Korea is prohibited from carrying out ballistic missile launches under UN Security Council resolutions that are aimed, in part, at curbing the country's development of nuclear weapons. The test stoked concerns that Pyongyang may be getting closer than previously thought to a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile.KCNA/KNS/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

February 19 – A girl looks at a 3-D drawing that was on a construction site's safety wall in Tokyo.Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

 

February 26 – "La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz holds up the winner card to the audience, proving that there was a mistake and that "Moonlight" had actually won the Academy Award for best picture. "La La Land" was initially announced as the winner, but presenter Warren Beatty explained to the crowd that he was given the wrong envelope. See how the scene unfoldedChris Pizzello/Invision/AP

 

February 27 – White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway checks her phone after taking an Oval Office photo of President Donald Trump with leaders of historically black colleges and universities. The image of her kneeling on the couch sparked memes on social media.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

February 28 – Firefighters investigate a condominium building where a single-engine aircraft crashed in Methuen, Massachusetts. The pilot was killed. No one in the building was hurt.Elise Amendola/AP

 

March 14 – An injured man is carried atop an Iraqi armored vehicle during clashes with ISIS militants in Mosul, Iraq. An offensive began in February to reclaim western Mosul, ISIS' last major stronghold in Iraq, after Iraqi forces liberated the eastern half of the city earlier in the year.Felipe Dana/AP

 

 

 

March 17 – A woman is pulled to safety with a zip-line harness in Lima, Peru. The death toll in Peru’s flooding and mudslides had reached 72 over the weekend, according to state-run news agency Andina. Several cities declared states of emergency after weeks of rain caused rivers to rise across the country.Martin Mejia/AP

 

 

 

March 22 – Member of Parliament Tobias Ellwood, in the glasses, tends to one of the injured people in London after an attacker rammed a car into crowds of people and stabbed a police officer on Parliament grounds. The man Ellwood was trying to save was Keith Palmer, a 48-year-old police officer who died, a witness on the scene told CNN. Police identified Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old England native with a long criminal record, as the attacker. He was shot dead by an officer just inside the Parliament grounds.Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/AP

 

March 25 – A supporter of US President Donald Trump is punched in the face at a pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach, California. Fights broke out after an anti-Trump protester allegedly doused an event organizer with pepper spray, according to the Los Angeles Times.Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

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April 4 – This photo, provided by the activist Idlib Media Center, shows dead children after a suspected chemical attack in the rebel-held city of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. Dozens of people were killed, according to multiple activist groups. The United States responded a few days later by launching between 50-60 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian government airbase. US officials said the base was home to warplanes that carried out the chemical attack. Syria has repeatedly denied it had anything to do with the attack.Idlib Media Center/AP

 

April 10 – Women cry at a funeral for those killed a day earlier in Alexandria, Egypt. Brazen attacks by ISIS killed dozens at two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday. Egypt's Cabinet announced a three-month state of emergency to help authorities root out the terror network.Samer Abdallah/AP

 

April 16 – Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as Canada’s “Iceberg Alley,” near Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador.Jody Martin/Reuters/Newscom

 

 

 

April 23 – French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron speaks to supporters in Paris after the country's first round of voting. Macron, a pro-European centrist, finished in first place and defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in a May runoff.Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images

 

April 29 – A woman walks by a large poster at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association. The convention took place in Atlanta this year. Related story: Inside "freedom's safest place”Scott Olson/Getty Images

 

May 1 – Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the annual Met Gala at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. See more celebrity fashion from the eventEvan Agostini/Invision/AP

 

May 3 – A demonstrator catches on fire during anti-government protests in Caracas, Venezuela. It happened as protesters clashed with police and the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded. Other photos from the scene showed the man being attended to with burns on his body.Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

May 6 – New lane markers help motorists drive through a section of Bangkok, Thailand. Instant vacation: The world’s best travel photosAnusak Laowilas/NurPhoto/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

May 7 – In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari — at center, in the glasses — meets with the 82 Chibok schoolgirls who were released by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The Nigerian government freed five Boko Haram commanders in what was a swap deal, said Sen. Shehu Sani, who was part of the negotiating effort. More than 100 girls remained in Boko Haram custody.Bayo Omoboriowo/Nigeria State House/AP

 

 

 

May 13 – Melissa McCarthy, playing White House press secretary Sean Spicer, hides in some bushes during a "Saturday Night Live" skit. McCarthy has portrayed Spicer several times on the show.Will Heath/NBC/Getty Images

 

May 17 – During a news conference, House Democrats display a photo of US President Donald Trump shaking hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Democrats were calling for an independent commission that would investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. Later in the day, the Justice Department appointed a special counsel, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, to oversee a federal investigation. In a statement, Trump said an investigation will confirm that "there was no collusion" between his campaign and Russia.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

 

May 18 – Seidu Mohammed, a refugee from Ghana, smiles after he was granted asylum in Canada on Thursday, May 18. He lost all his fingers to frostbite, which he suffered while walking across the border from the United States.John Woods/The Canadian Press/AP

 

 

 

May 19 – Workers in New Orleans prepare to take down the statue of former Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. It was the fourth Confederate monument that the city had removed since late April.Gerald Herbert/AP

 

May 20 – Britain's Prince George and his little sister, Princess Charlotte, are watched by their mother, Catherine, as they attend the wedding of Catherine’s sister, Pippa Middleton. George was a page boy in the wedding. Charlotte was a flower girl.UK Press Pool/Getty Images

 

May 21 – From right, US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend an inauguration ceremony for the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. The facility is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. See more photos from Trump’s first foreign tourSaudi Press Agency/EPA/Rex/Shutterstock

 

May 21 – Animal trainer Alexander Lacey rests on a lion during the final Ringling Bros. circus performance. The circus had been a piece of Americana for 146 years, but high operating costs and low ticket sales brought about its demise, ownership announced in January. Meet the people behind the curtainsLucas Jackson/Reuters/Newscom

 

 

 

May 24 – Pope Francis stands with US President Donald Trump and his family during a private audience at the Vatican. Joining the President were his wife, Melania, and his daughter Ivanka.Evan Vucci/AP

 

May 24 – Migrants swim in the Mediterranean Sea after their wooden boat capsized near the Italian island of Lampedusa. More than 600 people were rescued, but at least 30 people died.Chris McGrath/Getty Images

 

 

 

June 1 – The justices of the US Supreme Court sit for an official photograph. In the front row, from left, are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. In the back row, from left, are Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and newest justice Neil Gorsuch.J. Scott Applewhite/AP

 

June 2 – Cecilia Wessels posted this photo of her husband, Theunis, mowing their yard in Three Hills, Alberta, with a tornado looming in the background. "Yes, he did know it was there," she told CNN. "He told me, 'I'm keeping an eye on it.' "Cecilia Wessels/The Canadian Press/AP

 

 

 

June 4 – Pop star Ariana Grande wipes a tear as she performs during a benefit concert in Manchester, England. The concert aimed to raise money for those affected by the bombing that killed 22 people and wounded more than 100 at Grande's May 22 show.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for one Love Manchester

 

 

 

June 8 – Former FBI Director James Comey is photographed before testifying to the Senate Intelligence Committee, one month after US President Donald Trump fired him. Comey discussed the FBI's Russia investigation, his private interactions with Trump and how he handled the Hillary Clinton email probe. Related story: All eyes on ComeyStephen Voss for CNN

 

June 9 – The hair of US President Donald Trump is seen during a White House news conference.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

June 11 – A Babyclon animatronic baby is on display at the Bilbao Reborn Doll Show, a trade fair in Bilbao, Spain, that featured realistic baby dolls.Vincent West/Reuters/Newscom

 

June 11 – Women chat at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during a Quran-reciting program. It was during Ramadan, the most sacred month in the Muslim year.Ahmad Yusni/EPA

 

 

 

June 14 – Burning debris falls from the Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in London, during a deadly fire. Dozens of people were killed, and British Prime Minister Theresa May announced a full public inquiry into the disaster.Guilhem Baker

 

 

 

June 15 – A prayer is held before the start of the annual Congressional Baseball Game, which took place at Nationals Park in Washington. Democrats and Republicans played the charity game a day after a gunman opened fire at a GOP practice, injuring US Rep. Steve Scalise and several other people.Stephen Voss for CNN

 

June 18 – Residents of the war-torn city of Douma, Syria, break their Ramadan fast together.Hamza Al-Ajweh/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

June 24 – Revelers take part in the Gay Pride Parade in San Salvador, El Salvador.Jose Cabezas/Reuters/Newscom

 

 

 

June 28 – An aerial view shows the destroyed al-Nuri mosque during fighting between Iraqi security forces and ISIS militants in Mosul, Iraq. ISIS, through its news agency, said US warplanes were responsible for the loss and its leaning minaret. US officials told CNN the ISIS claim was "1,000% false." Iraqi military commanders said ISIS militants blew the mosque up after troops closed in. The destruction could amount to a war crime, according to the UN Human Rights Council.Felipe Dana/AP

 

June 29 – A police officer looks into a large sinkhole that swallowed a car in downtown St. Louis. The car was removed by a crane.Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP

 

 

 

July 3 – Artificial dog heads, part of Heather Phillipson's art installation "100% Other Fibres," sway in a dark room of the Schirn museum in Frankfurt, Germany.Michael Probst/AP

 

July 5 – Rapper Snoop Dogg hugs his television co-star, Martha Stewart, at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. The two host the VH1 show “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party.”Danny Moloshok/Reuters/Newscom

 

July 5 – Venezuelan lawmakers Luis Stefanelli, left, and Jose Regnault stand in a corridor of the National Assembly after a clash with demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela. Supporters of embattled President Nicolas Maduro stormed the building and attacked opposition lawmakers, witnesses said. At least seven legislative employees and five lawmakers were injured, according to National Assembly President Julio Borges. Journalists said they were also assaulted.Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters/Newscom

 

July 7 – Isabel Martinez, a Georgia woman accused of fatally stabbing four of her children and their father, gives a thumbs-up to cameras during her first court appearance. In September, she was indicted on five murder charges, one aggravated assault charge and one third-degree cruelty to children charge.John Bazemore/AP

 

July 7 – US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. They talked for more than two hours, discussing interference in US elections and ending with an agreement on curbing violence in Syria.Evan Vucci/AP

 

 

 

July 8 – Firefighters remove an American flag as a wildfire closes in on a home in Oroville, California. Raging wildfires forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across the western United States.Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

 

July 10 – Police officers in riot gear walk next to an art museum as they confront protesters in Santiago, Chile. Gay-rights activists were clashing with people who were demonstrating against a gender identity bill in Chile's Congress.Esteban Felix/AP

 

 

 

July 20 – O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole in Lovelock, Nevada. The former NFL star served nine years for his role in a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas. He was released in October.Jason Bean/Pool/Getty Images

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July 25 – Bodies of dead migrants are piled up inside a rubber boat in the Mediterranean Sea, about 15 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. Rescuers saved 167 migrants from the boat and said it was one of the worst conditions of overcrowding they had ever seen. See Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosSanti Palacios/AP

 

July 25 – White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, left, and newly appointed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci listen as US President Donald Trump talks with reporters during an exclusive Wall Street Journal interview. Two days later, Scaramucci called into CNN's "New Day" and all but blamed Priebus for leaking information. He compared their relationship to Cain and Abel, the biblical sons of Adam and Eve, and said "we have had odds, we have had differences. ... I don't know if this is repairable or not. That will be up to the President." Within days, both were gone. Priebus resigned and became the shortest-serving chief of staff in modern US history. Scaramucci was ousted just 10 days after being hired.T.J. Kirkpatrick/Redux

 

July 25 – Conjoined twins Rabia and Rukia stay at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They were waiting on medical opinions over whether they would be separated by a surgical procedure.K.M. Asad/ZUMA

 

 

 

July 28 – A Soyuz spacecraft carries three men to the International Space Station. The rocket was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters/Newscom

 

August 5 – Tourists encounter a humpback whale just outside Australia’s Sydney Harbour.Jonas Liebschner/Whale Watching Sydney/Caters News

 

 

 

August 5 – Children injured in an airstrike wait to receive treatment at a makeshift hospital in Jobar, Syria. The country's civil war began in 2011.Ammar Suleiman/AFP/Getty Images

 

August 7 – A young child stands outside a home in St. Louis as police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting.David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP

 

August 10 – Bagir the giraffe licks a spectator during the Giants of Africa show at the Krasnoyarsk State Circus in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.Ilya Naymushin/Reuters/Newscom

 

 

 

August 10 – A man walks through a thick cloud of tear gas toward riot police in Nairobi, Kenya. In the aftermath of the country's presidential election, confrontations were reported between police and protesters. In September, the country’s Supreme Court invalidated the results of the election and ordered a new vote.Ben Curtis/AP

 

 

 

August 11 – White nationalists chant at counterprotesters after marching through the University of Virginia's Charlottesville campus. Chanting "blood and soil" and "you will not replace us," the group rallied around a statue of Thomas Jefferson before clashing with the counterprotesters, CNN affiliate WWBT reported. Charlottesville became the latest Southern battleground over the contested removal of Confederate monuments. In February, the city council voted to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The council also voted to rename two city parks that had been named for Confederate generals.Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

August 12 – A car plows into a group of counterprotesters who were marching against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old woman from Charlottesville, was killed and 19 others were injured. A 20-year-old man is accused of ramming the car into the crowd. The charges against James Alex Fields Jr. include second-degree murder, multiple counts of malicious wounding, and failure to stop in an accident that resulted in death. Photos reveal details of Charlottesville tragedyRyan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress/AP

 

August 21 – The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse near Redmond, Oregon. See the best photos of the total solar eclipse — the first to cross the United States since 1918Ted S. Warren/AP

 

 

 

August 21 – Piper Truza wears protective glasses to watch the solar eclipse from Detroit.Paul Sancya/AP

 

 

 

August 21 – Damage can be seen on the USS John S. McCain after the Navy destroyer collided with an oil tanker near Singapore. Ten sailors were killed.Wong Maye-E/AP

 

 

 

August 27 – Houston police officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey flooded the city of Houston and flattened many homes along the state’s Gulf Coast.Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News

 

 

 

August 30 – An elderly patient waits to be rescued from Hurricane Harvey floodwaters in Port Arthur, Texas. The Gulf Health Care Center was evacuated with the help of first responders and volunteers.Nick Oza/USA Today Network

 

September 3 – Janus, a two-headed Greek tortoise, is held on its 20th birthday. Janus lives in Geneva, Switzerland, at the city's Natural History Museum.Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

 

September 4 – Golfers play in North Bonneville, Washington, as the Eagle Creek wildfire burns nearby. The Columbia River provided a buffer between the fire and the Beacon Rock Golf Course, according to the course's operations manager, Mark Mayfield.Kristi McCluer/Reuters/Newscom

 

 

 

September 5 – Hurricane Irma moves through the Caribbean in this satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Irma laid waste to several Caribbean islands and caused historic destruction across Florida.NOAA/AP

 

 

 

September 6 – A US Border Patrol officer stands near artwork installed on the Mexican side of the border near Tecate, California. The art, based on a photo of a young Mexican boy, was created by French artist JR.John Francis Peters/The New York Times/Redux

 

September 10 – Blood stains Pope Francis' cassock after he accidentally hit his head on his Popemobile in Cartagena, Colombia. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the Pope was bruised but OK. See photos from the Pope's five-day visit to ColombiaAlberto Pizzoli/Pool/AP

 

September 10 – A man wades through a flooded street in Havana, Cuba, after Hurricane Irma battered the country.Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

September 11 – Two pillars of blue light represent the Twin Towers that were destroyed 16 years ago in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The “Tribute in Light” is presented annually in New York City.Julio Cortez/AP

 

 

 

September 12 – Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, introduces the iPhone X during a launch event in Cupertino, California. The reveal of the new phone, which uses face-recognition software to log the user in, came 10 years after the launch of the first iPhone.Stephen Lam/Reuters/Newscom

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September 13 – Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar hold their infant son Abdul Masood, who died when their boat capsized just before reaching Bangladesh. More than 500,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since August 25, according to the United Nations. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority who live in Myanmar's Rakhine state but are not recognized as citizens by the government. They are considered by human-rights groups to be among the world's most persecuted people.Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

September 13 – An aerial photo shows hurricane damage in Road Town, the capital of the British Virgin Islands. See more photos of Hurricane Irma's catastrophic damageL(Phot) Joel Rouse/EPA

 

 

 

September 13 – This full mosaic of Saturn, stitched together from 42 red, blue and green filter images, was the last photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before it was deliberately sunk into the planet's atmosphere two days later. Cassini spent 13 years exploring the planet and its moons. The data and images led to numerous discoveries that changed how scientists think about our solar system.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

 

September 16 – Demonstrators confront police in St. Louis while protesting the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a former police officer who was accused of murder. What started out as peaceful protests turned violent at night. Police officers were attacked and some businesses were vandalized. Dozens of arrests were made.Scott Olson/Getty Images

 

September 19 – A man is rescued from a collapsed building after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico, leveling many buildings and killing at least 250 people.Pablo Ramos/AP

 

 

 

September 19 – US President Donald Trump speaks to world leaders as he attends his first UN General Assembly. In his speech, he delivered frank assessments to a range of sticky global flashpoints.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

 

September 20 – San Juan, Puerto Rico, is seen during a blackout after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Maria was the strongest storm to make landfall in Puerto Rico in 85 years. It came ashore with sustained winds of 155 mph, knocking out power to the entire island. Trees were uprooted, homes were destroyed, and there was also widespread flooding.Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images

 

September 20 – A raccoon lands on the windshield of a police van in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Officer Chris Frabbiele said he was responding to the scene of a car accident when the raccoon landed. The animal hopped off the van after Frabbiele stopped.Colorado Springs Police Department/AP

 

September 21 – In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a televised statement and accuses US President Donald Trump of being "mentally deranged." Kim’s forceful rhetoric came after Trump’s tough talk at the UN General Assembly. Trump said the United States was ready to "totally destroy" North Korea if it was forced to defend its allies. Kim said Trump would "pay dearly" for the threats: "I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire."KCNA/KNS/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

September 24 – Before playing the Buffalo Bills, members of the Denver Broncos take a knee during the National Anthem. All eyes were on NFL sidelines that Sunday, a couple of days after President Donald Trump strongly criticized players who have been protesting during the anthem. Many players and coaches from across the league — and some team owners, too — came together during pregame ceremonies, locking arms or putting their hands on each other's shoulders. See more photos from the protestsJohn Leyba/The Denver Post/Getty Images

 

September 27 – Britain’s Prince Harry sits with Hayley Henson, left, and her daughter Emily during the Invictus Games in Toronto. Hayley is married to British paralympian David Henson, and young Emily was sneaking bites of the prince’s popcorn.Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation

 

September 29 – In this long-exposure image, Mount Sakurajima erupts in Tarumizu, Japan.The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

 

 

 

September 29 – A jaguar kills a yellow anaconda on the Cuiaba River in Mato Grosso, Brazil.Chris Brunskill Ltd/Getty Images

 

October 1 – Concertgoers dive over a fence to take cover from gunfire after shots rang out at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. At least 58 people were killed and almost 500 were injured when a gunman opened fire on the crowd. Police said the gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, fired from the Mandalay Bay hotel, several hundred feet southwest of the concert grounds. He was found dead in his hotel room, and authorities said he killed himself. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.David Becker/Getty Images

 

October 2 – Broken windows of the Mandalay Bay hotel are seen early in Las Vegas, the morning after the deadly shooting on a country music festival. Police say gunman Stephen Paddock fired on the crowd from the 32nd floor of the hotel.David Becker/Getty Images

 

October 3 – US President Donald Trump tosses a roll of paper towels as he helps distribute supplies in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria two weeks earlier, and the island remained without power. Trump's trip came as frustration on the island mounted with the federal response to the storm.Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux

 

October 4 – UK finance minister Philip Hammond hands a cough drop to Prime Minister Theresa May, who was having a coughing fit as she addressed the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England. Earlier in the speech, she was interrupted by prankster Simon Brodkin, who handed her a P45 form. A P45 is given to UK employees when they leave a company, similar to a "pink slip" in the United States.Phil Noble/Reuters/Newscom

 

October 8 – Protesters gather in Barcelona, Spain, for a rally supporting the unity of Spain. Later that month, leaders in the autonomous region of Catalonia voted to declare independence. The secessionist movement has deeply divided Catalonia, which includes Barcelona. After the independence vote, Spain’s central government moved to dismiss the top leaders in Catalonia and dissolve the regional Parliament.Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

October 9 – A wildfire burns behind a vineyard in Napa, California. Deadly wildfires forced thousands of Californians to flee to safety.Noah Berger/San Francisco Chronicle/Polaris

 

 

 

October 16 – A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed rebel group, looks out at destruction in Raqqa, Syria. A couple of days later, the SDF said "major military operations" in the city had ended and that ISIS had lost control of their self-declared capital.Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

 

October 18 – Anfisa, a chimpanzee, picks her nose at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.Ilya Naymushin/Reuters/Newscom

 

 

 

October 18 – Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, attends the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress in Beijing. A week later, the new lineup was unveiled for the Chinese Communist Party's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee. The new lineup did not include an heir apparent to Xi, who analysts predict will dominate the country's politics for decades to come.Ng Han Guan/AP

 

 

 

October 21 – Myeshia Johnson kisses the casket of her husband, US Army Sgt. La David Johnson, during his burial service in Hollywood, Florida. Sgt. Johnson and three other American soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on October 4.Joe Skipper/Reuters/Newscom

 

October 21 – Katty Malang Mikunug, a displaced resident of Marawi, Philippines, takes a photo of herself in her wedding dress in Saguiaran, Philippines. A few days earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that Marawi had been liberated from ISIS-affiliated militants following a five-month standoff.Jes Aznar/Getty Images

 

October 23 – The top of five border wall prototypes are seen along the United States-Mexico border near San Diego. US President Donald Trump has called for a "big, beautiful wall" between the United States and Mexico.Mike Blake/Reuters/Newscom

 

October 25 – Tasha Fuiava climbs aboard the USS Ashland after the Navy ship rescued her and fellow American Jennifer Appel in the Pacific Ocean, about 900 miles southeast of Japan. The two women said they had been stranded on a crippled sailboat for more than five months.Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/US Navy/AP

 

October 27 – Actress Rose McGowan raises her fist during a rousing speech at The Women's Convention in Detroit. It was McGowan's first public appearance since charges of sexual harassment came to light weeks ago against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. McGowan is one of dozens of women who have accused Weinstein of inappropriate behavior, including harassment and sexual assault. Weinstein, through his spokesperson, has denied "any allegations of non-consensual sex."Paul Sancya/AP

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October 28 – A cyclist gives the middle finger to the motorcade of US President Donald Trump as it departs Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Virginia.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

October 30 – Paul Manafort, a former chairman for President Donald Trump's campaign, makes his way through television cameras as he leaves a court in Washington. He has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. (Mueller was appointed in May to lead the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.) Manafort and his associate, Rick Gates, face charges that include conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, and making false statements. The indictment, though, included no suggestion of election meddling. Manafort and Gates' alleged crimes took place before they signed up with Trump, and the indictment focuses on their years as political consultants and lobbyists working with Ukraine.Alex Brandon/AP

 

October 30 – A police officer carries a schoolgirl on his back to get her away from clashes between police and protesters in Nairobi, Kenya. She had been affected by tear gas. The full results of Kenya's election rerun were set to be released, capping off months of drama and sporadic violence that has highlighted ongoing discord in the country.Dai Kurokawa/EPA

 

October 30 – A hiker walks in the U-shaped troughs of The Wave near Page, Arizona. The sandstone rock formation was created by a combination of water and wind erosion. Because of its fragile nature, access is limited to only 20 hikers per day.Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

 

October 31 – A senior law enforcement official said this image, taken from Twitter, appears to show the suspect from a deadly New York City truck attack. Eight people were killed when a rental truck drove down a busy bicycle path and struck people in Manhattan. Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan native who was living in New Jersey, has been charged with federal terrorism offenses. Saipov told investigators he was inspired by ISIS, according to a federal criminal complaint. Saipov appeared in federal court and didn't enter a plea, a source at the US Attorney's Office told CNN.

 

November 8 – US President Donald Trump holds hands with his wife, Melania, at the Forbidden City, the historic palace in Beijing that housed Chinese emperors and their families for almost 500 years. Trump is the first foreign leader to have an official dinner in the palace since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949. See more photos from Trump’s tour of AsiaDoug Mills/The New York Times/Redux

 

November 13 – A woman cradles the dead body of her young daughter in Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran. Hundreds were killed and thousands were injured after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the border region between Iraq and Iran.Mosleh Pirkhezranian/Islamic Republic News Agency/AP

 

 

 

November 13 – Rescuers try to push sperm whales back into the ocean after 10 of the animals washed up on a beach in Aceh, Indonesia. Six whales survived after they were returned to the water by the navy and local residents. Four of the whales died.Syahrol Rizal/AP

 

 

 

November 15 – US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills. The notes are the first to feature Mnuchin's signature.Jacquelyn Martin/AP

 

November 26 – Rapper Jay-Z performs on stage during a concert in Brooklyn, New York. He scored eight Grammy nominations this year, the most of any artists. See the nominees in all the major categoriesKevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation

 

 

 

November 27 – Britain’s Prince Harry and his girlfriend, actress Meghan Markle, pose for a photo at Kensington Palace following the announcement of their engagement.Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images

 

November 29 – "Today" show co-hosts Hoda Kotb, left, and Savannah Guthrie hug at the end of their show that day. At the beginning of the show, Guthrie announced that longtime co-host Matt Lauer had been fired from NBC News after an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. Later in the day, Variety and The New York Times published stories containing additional sexual-harassment allegations against Lauer. Lauer apologized in a statement.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

 

December 3 – NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, aboard the International Space Station, tweeted this photo of the moon rising over Mongolia. It was a “supermoon,” a phenomenon that occurs when the moon becomes full on the same day as its perigee (the point in its orbit when it is closest to Earth).Randy Bresnik/NASA

 

December 5 – John Bain and Brandon Baker take cover from embers as they try to help stop a wildfire from burning a home in Ventura, California. Wind-whipped wildfires were raging for a third day in Southern California, threatening further damage after burning more than 65,000 acres, torching scores of buildings and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

 

December 12 – African penguins, wearing red and green holiday garments, take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, an amusement park in Yokohama, Japan.Shizuo Kambayashi/AP