User:The ganymedian/Year 2017 events collage

From left, clockwise: The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft descends into Saturn's atmosphere at the end of its mission; North Korea tests a series of missiles in the face of international condemnation; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse", spanned the contiguous United States; The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Central Mexico; Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States; The 2017 Las Vegas shooting becomes the deadliest mass shooting in American history; The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); British Police stand on guard during Operation Temperer after the Manchester Arena bombing.

From left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; The Yellow vests protests break out in France; The Camp Fire (2018), that burned the town of Paradise, California, is seen from outer space; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his Tesla Roadster (first generation) into outer space; Rescuers assemble to begin search-and-rescue operations during the Tham Luang cave rescue; North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

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From left, clockwise: The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the colors of the Flag of France after the November 2015 Paris attacks; A Germanwings A320 identical to that of Germanwings Flight 9525, which was purposely crashed into the French Alps; FIFA president Sepp Blatter is forced to resign in disgrace in the wake of the 2015 FIFA corruption case; Refugees of the Syrian civil war arrive off of the coast of Greece; World Leaders pose for a picture during the 2015 Paris Agreement; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.

From left, clockwise: Pope Francis was elected as Pope in the 2013 papal conclave; The Dhaka garment factory collapse in Bangladesh kills over 1,000 people; Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Protests occur amid the coup d'état that overthrew President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt; The Chelyabinsk meteor rockets across the Russian morning sky; The Boston Marathon bombing marks the first terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11; Smoke rises as a result of the Westgate shopping mall attack, carried out by Al-Shabaab militants.

From left, clockwise: The 2012 Summer Olympics open in London; The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Felix Baumgartner performs a record-breaking high-altitude space jump as part of the Red Bull Stratos program; The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting caused shock and outrage across the United States and the world; Psy performs his hit single Gangnam Style, which became a cultural phenomenon in 2012; the 2012 transit of Venus marked the last such time in the 21st century; NASA's Curiosity Rover lands on the surface of Mars; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

From left, clockwise: The H1N1 virus was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; US Airways Flight 1549 crash-lands in the Hudson River with no fatalities, with the event becoming known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"; the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson died in 2009; Bitcoin was initially launched by the pseudonymous name Satoshi Nakamoto; the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake strikes central Italy; the vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean.

ChristChurch Cathedral - 2011 earthquake damage.jpg the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake leaves the ChristChurch Cathedral in ruins and 185 dead;

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Steve Jobs introduces the first iPhone

Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico.

From left, clockwise: The 2012 Summer Olympics open in London; The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting caused shock and outrage across the United States and the world; Psy performs his hit single Gangnam Style, which became a cultural phenomenon in 2012; the 2012 transit of Venus marked the last such time in the 21st century; NASA's Curiosity Rover lands on the surface of Mars.

From left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany is won by Italy; Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 crashes in the Amazon rainforest after a mid-air collision with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet; The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake kills over 5,700 people; The IAU votes on the the definition of "planet", which demotes Pluto and other Kuiper belt objects and redefines them as "Dwarf planets".