Here are iconic photos that capture some of the year's biggest stories.
January 20: Hundreds of thousands of people across the globe marched, chanted and protested for womens empowerment. Demonstrations also focused on President Donald Trumps views on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights, and womens rights on the anniversary of his inauguration.
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January 30: Trump delivered his first State of the Union address in which he touted new beginnings for the economy and supposed US victories in the wars against extremists abroad.
February 14: 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Schoo in Parkland, Florida when student Nikolas Cruz opened fire. The attack inspired a national gun-control conversation headed by student leaders who survived the shooting.
February 27: White House Communications Director Hope Hicks testified before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Hicks resigned the next day, one of several longtime Trump associates who would exit amid the ongoing probe in 2018.
March 4: Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were attacked with a nerve agent in Salisbury, England, setting off an international firestorm over suspected Russian covert operations on UK soil.
April 10: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified before a joint hearing of the commerce and judiciary committees on Capitol Hill about the use of Facebook data in targeting American voters in the 2016 election.
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April 16: Adult film star Stormy Daniels issued a strong warning for Trumps former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, in comments outside federal court in New York with her attorney Michael Avenatti. Cohen was later sentenced to three years in prison on charges related to hush payments made to protect then-candidate Trump.
April 24: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron for Trumps first official state visit. Their appearances over the next few days included coordinating outfits and lots of unusually friendly touches.
April 27: Kim Jong Un became the first North Korean leader to ever cross over to South Korean soil for a historical meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-In to discuss issues including signing a peace treaty to end the decades-long war between them that ended in an armistice in 1953.
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April 28: Comedian Michelle Wolfs searing performance at the White House Correspondents Association dinner set off alarm bells for Republican critics, who said she unfairly targeted secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders appearance.
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May 19: Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle were married at St. Georges Chapel in Englands Windsor Castle.
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May 25: Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court to face first- and third-degree rape charges following dozens of allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him.
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June 9: Trump attended the G7 Summits with leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.
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June 12: This photo of a two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker crying as her mother is searched and detained near the US-Mexico border went viral as tensions rose over the Trump administrations "zero-tolerance" policy that separated thousands of migrant children from their parents.
July 13: Protests erupt over Trumps visit to the United Kingdom. The demonstrations included a giant balloon depicting Trump in Londons Parliament Square.
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July 16: Trump had a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Months ahead of the midterm elections, the president was expected to confront Putin about Russian election meddling. Trump was criticized after he refused to assign blame.
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August 16: "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin died at her home in Detroit at the age of 76 and was honored with nearly two weeks of funeral proceedings, including a public viewing and high-profile service with performances from various music legends.
August 31: The late Sen. John McCains casket was observed in the Capitol Rotunda as part of several days of funeral proceedings to commemorate the veteran and lawmakers death at 81 from brain cancer complications.
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September 6: Brazilian Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed in the stomach during a campaign rally as tensions over the far-right candidates success reached a fever pitch.
September 8: Serena Williams sparred with umpire Carlos Ramos over a point during her Womens Singles finals match that handed the US Open victory to Naomi Osaka of Japan.
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September 14: Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina before dumping more than 35 inches of rain and breaking rainfall records in some areas of the state over the course of a week.
September 27: US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh delivered fiery testimony as part of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that included flat denials of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Kavanaugh was later confirmed.
That same day, professor Christine Blasey Ford, one of three women who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, testified before the committee.
October 1: This boy was photographed among a population from which approximately 84,701 children died from severe acute malnutrition between April 2015 and October 2018 in Yemen, where malnutrition, cholera, and other epidemic diseases ravaged impoverished communities caught in the worlds largest humanitarian crisis.
October 11: Kanye West met with Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, with senior advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner also in attendance.
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October 13: About 7,000 Central Americans formed a migrant caravan that intended to travel 2,700 miles to the United States. In the following weeks, Trump would issue harsh public condemnations of the group, characterizing it as a national security threat.
October 23: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Salah Khashoggi, son of the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose death the prince initially claimed no knowledge of despite contrary evidence from Turkish intelligence.
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November 6: The midterm elections were dominated by historic victories for Native American, Muslim, Black, LGBT and female candidates.
November 8: Two fires ignited in California. The Camp Fire in Northern California destroyed an entire town in less than a day and killed at least 85 people, making it by far the deadliest fire in the states history. The Woolsey Fire on the outskirts of LA burned 96,949 acres and killed three people.
The fires collectively displaced thousands of people over the course of two weeks, many of whom had no homes to return to once the flames were contained.
November 17: The first weekend of demonstrations by the "Des Gilets Jaunes," or the "Yellow Vests," began across France to protest rising fuel prices and French President Emmanuel Macrons government. The protests descended into chaos in Paris over the next three weekends, where dozens were left injured amid fires and tear gas.
November 25: US border authorities fired tear gas in a clash with members of a migrant caravan after a group estimated to be in the hundreds stormed a port of entry
December 5: Former President George W. Bush delivered a tearful eulogy at the State Funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral, where every living president, foreign leaders, and celebrities paid their respects as part of nearly a week of funeral proceedings in multiple cities.
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