Scientists in India discovered a 152-million-year-old fossil of an extinct marine reptile called the ichthyosaur.
Uganda Ministry of Health announced they were under an outbreak of a Marburg virus, a virus similar to Ebola.
Marvel superhero film 'Thor: Ragnarok' premiered in Los Angeles, California, US.
Northern California's wine country was devastated by sweeping wildfires.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May was 'pink-slipped' during her speech at the Conservative National Conference.
Mass murderer, Stephen Paddock, shot dead 59 people and injured 869 while firing at 22,000 concertgoers in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
President Donald Trump threatened to 'totally destroy North Korea.'
East London sewers were blocked by an 829-foot (253 meters), 260,000 lb (23 ton) giant fatberg.
The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
The tomb of a goldsmith family dating back 3,500 years was discovered near Luxor, Egypt.
Hurricane Irma hit the Atlantic Basin area of the United States.
Peggy Whitson set a NASA record for spending the most cumulative days living and working in space at 665 days.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets of Barcelona due to a terrorist attack.
Instant divorce was banned in India, which became a giant leap forward for women's rights in the country.
The USS Indianapolis warship, which sank during World War II, was discovered in the Pacific Ocean 3.4 miles below the surface.
Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain, killing 14 people and injuring at least 130 others.
Mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown claimed the lives of 1,141 people and left 3,00 without homes.
The 'Unite the Right' gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, became violent after a car smashed into protesters.
An inflatable chicken that resembled US President Donald Trump was placed outside the US White House as part of a political protest.
Rapper Kidd Creole stabbed a homeless man to death in New York City and was arrested.
President Donald Trump banned transgender persons from joining the US military.
North Korea tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
The World Health Organization estimated that Yemen had over 200,000 cases of cholera.
Montenegro became the 29th country to join NATO.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
Donald Trump launched 59 missiles into Syria.
The Pink Star Diamond sold for a record USD 71 million in Hong Kong.
North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.
The world's largest dinosaur footprint was discovered.
The UK issued a new 12-sided £1 coin into circulation.
The world's largest banana split was made in Innisfail, Australia.
Four people died, and at least twenty were injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London.
Chemical elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were added to the Periodic Table of Elements.
Transgender people were no longer allowed to use public toilets after Obama's rule was rebuked by Donald Trump.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope discovered a star with seven Earth-sized planets orbiting it.
A potential new continent was discovered in the South Pacific.
MP's in the UK voted in favor of triggering the European Union Bill (Article 50), which gave the government the power to prepare to leave the European Union.
Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, founded the 'Biden Foundation.'
Researchers identified the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans.
Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women's Tennis.
President Donald Trump banned citizens of seven countries from entering the US.
Over two million women worldwide marched against Trump's anti-women and offensive slews.
The underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended.
Obama surprised Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony.
Dozens of people died after drinking bath lotion in Siberia.
The US State Department increased the reward for information on the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million.
A five-day pollution red alert was declared in Beijing and 21 other Chinese cities.
Malta became the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.
