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By: Reckoner Staff |

  1. Hurricane Harvey, Irma, Maria

    http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170827162819-01-hurricane-harvey-tim-fadek-super-169.jpg

Sources:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/2017-hurricane-season-most-expensive-us-history-spd/

https://www.worldvision.org/disaster-response-news-stories/hurricane-maria-facts-faqs-help

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Atlantic_hurricane_season

http://fortune.com/2017/09/22/hurricane-maria-irma-harvey-damage-cost/

  1. Great American Eclipse

http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/36548089062_ee492455d1_o.jpg

Sources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/solar-eclipse-what-now/537600/

https://www.inc.com/peter-gasca/why-you-must-make-it-a-point-to-see-the-great-amer.html

http://www.americaneclipse2017.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017#Media_and_scientific_coverage

https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/statistics/

  1. Cassini-Huygens spacecraft

https://c-5uwzmx78pmca09x24quox2ex78czkpx2ekwu.g00.space.com/g00/3_c-5eee.ax78ikm.kwu_/c-5UWZMXPMCA09x24pbbx78ax3ax2fx2fquo.x78czkp.kwux2fex2f448x2fiPZ8kLwdT1l1lg3hkONrHA3rj08diE9pH0DhT0sdULIeThI1Uq6eUrMdj1Rx78H0tcGEedG0Nhk0tciA9hGFZ9ku2bHuNgHFltjOebkOpdlO6civJvx3fq98k.uizs.quiom.bgx78m_$/$/$/$

Sources:

https://www.space.com/38915-cassini-saturn-photos-approach-grand-finale.html

https://mymodernmet.com/cassini-saturn-mission-finale/

https://www.space.com/38866-nasa-cassini-saturn-farewell-photo.html

  1. Donald Trump Inauguration + women’s march

http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170121211838-28-womens-march-dc-super-169.jpg

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017\_Women%27s\_March

https://www.womensmarch.com/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/for-womens-march-on-washington-protesters-the-fight-is-far-fromover/article33700263/

  1. UN warnings about biggest humanitarian crisis since WWII in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/0BDB/production/_92853030_cd3cd143-57e4-44b6-83c4-1ba98b54efda.jpg

Sources:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39238808

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/23/world/middleeast/yemen-cholera-humanitarian-crisis.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/11/world-faces-worst-humanitarian-crisis-since-1945-says-un-official

  1. North Korea ICBM testings

https://www.echo.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/north-korea-missile-test.jpg

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/north-korea-missile-launch/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/asia/north-korea-missile-tests/index.html

  1. US Paris Climate Agreement withdrawal

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/02/national/japan-disappointed-trumps-decision-quit-paris-agreement/#.WixwLt-nE2w

(or should i use a protest pic idk)

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/climate/trump-paris-climate-agreement.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/01/donald-trump-confirms-us-will-quit-paris-climate-deal

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/trump-and-the-paris-agreement-what-just-happened/536040/

  1. Rohingya Crisis

https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/styles/open_graph/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_rohingya_bangladesh.jpg?itok=aIVrWIJY

  1. Zimbabwe president house arrest + resignation

https://www.znbc.co.zm/mugabe-resigns-as-president-of-zimbabwe-bbc/

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/zimbabwe-military-chief-treasonable-conduct/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/africa/robert-mugabe-resigns-zimbabwe-president/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-vice-president-mnangagwa/index.html

  1. Recent sexual assault allegations, especially in Hollywood

https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/9ZWpJ_duPhT_NUnzYFGcK7zgiXU=/fit-in/1200x9600/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F648090%2F85df836c-a7cf-44a6-9cf0-a833a50762ac.jpg

Sources:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/investigations-celebrities-harassment-sexual-assault-charges-1.4430906

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/us/list-of-accused-after-weinstein-scandal-trnd/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sexual-misconduct/weinstein-here-s-growing-list-men-accused-sexual-misconduct-n816546

  1. Canada 150

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4424732.1512059167!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/canada-150-photo.jpg

Sources:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-150-highlights-from-across-the-country-1.3485710

  1. Brexit Negotiations

https://i1.wp.com/brexitcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Davis-Barnier.jpg?fit=1250%2C821

Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/2042566485760199/

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40788669

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3893233/settled-status-uk-eu-citizens-eligible/

  1. Tragedies: Las Vegas shooting, Ariana Grande concert bombing, Mogadishu bombing, shooting in Sinai Egypt

https://media.indiatimes.in/media/content/2017/Oct/afp6_1508131052_1508131057.jpg

https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_40/2175121/171002-las-vegas-shooting-run-njs-1127a_f22aa7992c16a109d758bb28b392566f.nbcnews-fp-1200-630.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/23/19/40B0ACBF00000578-4532272-Concert_goers_and_witnesses_have_described_the_chaos_after_huge_-a-24_1495562735823.jpg

http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/171125073540-11-egypt-mosque-attack-large-169.jpg

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/deaths-injuries-confirmed-after-explosions-heard-u-k-concert-featuring-n763286

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/manchester-attack-might-have-been-averted-report-for-british-government-says/2017/12/05/c5dbe72e-d9df-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html?utm_term=.614418ccb29e

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_October_2017_Mogadishu_bombings

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/28/mogadishu-people-dead-car-bomb-outside-somalia-hotel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/15/truck-bomb-mogadishu-kills-people-somalia

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC

  1. Saudi Arabia “anti-corruption” arrests – effect on economic world, society, etc.

http://www.trbimg.com/img-59ffcdf7/turbine/la-1509936625-r7z9zi34cl-snap-image/600/600x338

Sources

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/middleeast/saudi-arabia-anti-corruption-list/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/world/middleeast/saudi-prince-released.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-anti-corruption-purge-arrests-100-billion-2017-11

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/11/05/dozens-of-saudi-arabian-princes-businessmen-arrested-in-anti-corruption-probe.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Saudi_Arabian_purge

http://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-corruption-crackdown-billions-of-dollars-2017-11

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fi-alwaleed-bin-talal-backgrounder-20171105-story.html

  1. London Grenfell Tower fire

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/07/08/TELEMMGLPICT000131886332_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqC9PogZUtSpqAqO-tnweStQt3tN9Ddv3cHZNIEmYP14g.jpeg?imwidth=1400

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/24/europe/london-fire-grenfell-tower/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40301289

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-fire-latest-police-confirm-250-residents-escaped-safe-release-official-figures-a7833416.html

  1. Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4433950.1512500973!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/palestinians-dead-end.jpg

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/05/middleeast/trump-jerusalem-explainer-intl/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/president-donald-trump-jerusalem/index.html

  1. February 17: Discovery of a new mostly underwater continent, Zealandia

Ahhh idk what to put

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/video/Sequence%20Template.00_00_20_03.Still002-xlarge.jpg

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/new-continent-zealandia_us_58a793bfe4b07602ad54e061

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/zealandia-new-continent-discovered/index.html

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