US election
The electoral process to choose the successor of US President Barack Obama was held in the month of November, 2016. American businessman and television personality Donald Trump, a nominee of the Republican Party, beat his rival candidate and Democrat Hillary Clinton to emerge victorious in the electoral battle. Trump will take oath as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. (AP photo)
Panama Papers
Orlando night club shooting
ISIS
Brazil plane crash
The British Aerospace 146 plane carrying the first division Chapecoense football team crashed in Colombia killing 71 passengers on board. The flight took off from Bolivia and was carrying the team to Medellin in Colombia for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals. It had declared an emergency at 10 pm local time due to a reported electrical failure before crashing. (AP photo)
Brussels bombings
Bombs struck the Brussels airport and one of the city's metro stations on March 22, killing at least 32 people and injuring dozens. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks. The bombings were the deadliest ever act of terrorism on Belgium soil. (AFP photo)
Hurricane Matthew
Nice attack
On July 14, 2016, a large white truck drove into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice. The driver of the truck also opened fire before being shot dead by the police. The attack killed 84 people and wounded several hundreds. The perpetrator was identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian man. In the days that followed, Islamic State took responsibility for the attack, referring to Bouhlel as a "soldier" of the group without naming him. (Reuters photo)
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