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Say what you want about 2017, but boring it was not! Donald Trump became our president, Beyoncé had twins, there was a solar eclipse, we weathered natural disasters, and we started social movements.
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Horses and jockeys race during the Liwa Sports Festival at Moreeb Dune on January 3, 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Francois Nel, Getty Images
Flooding is seen in Aransas County Texas, along the Texas Gulf Coast, after Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017.
Courtney Sacco and Matt Woolbright, Caller-Times via USA TODAY NETWORK
Jimmy Fallon, host of the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards, poses with Miss Golden Globes 2017, from left, sisters Sistine, Scarlet and Sophia Stallone after rolling out the red carpet during Golden Globe Awards Preview Day at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Chris Pizzello, Invision via AP
Annika Dean hugs her son Austin Foote, 13, in their Parkland, Fla. home on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Dean survived the shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Dorothy Edwards, Naples Daily News
A rider goes through a bonfire at the 'Luminarias' in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain on Jan. 16, 2017. During the festivities, more than twenty bonfires are placed on the village streets, continuing a more than 200 year old tradition which tries to purify the animals.
Raul Sanchidrian, European Pressphoto Agency
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama stand with President Donald Trump and Melania Trump on the east front of the U.S. Capitol as Obama departs from the 2017 Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
Aretha Allen, who lost her niece and her niece's brother in a tornado that hit Sunshine Acres mobile home park in Adel, Ga., reacts on Jan. 23, 2017 during an interview outside First Baptist Church Adel. A powerful storm system tore across the Deep South.
Branden Camp, AP
A man walks by the debris left after a forest fire destroyed the town of Santa Olga, Chile on Jan. 26, 2017. Around a thousand homes, in addition to police and firefighters barracks, schools, a health care center and industrial facilities were destroyed, according to the mayor of Constitucion, a town adjacent to Santa Olga.
Elvis Gonzalez, European Pressphoto Agency
Taraji P. Henson speaks as Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae join cast members of 'Hidden Figures' to accept the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 29, 2017 in Los Angeles.
Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
Revelers take part in the carnival between the Pyrenees villages of Ituren and Zubieta in northern Spain on Jan. 30, 2017. In one of the most ancient carnivals in Europe, dating from before the Roman empire, people parade the streets costumed in sandals, lace petticoats, sheepskins around the waist and shoulders, colored neckerchiefs, conical caps with ribbons and a hyssop of horsehair in their right hands and cowbells hung across their lower back.
Alvaro Barrientos, AP
Tracy Morgan poses for a portrait at the W Hotel in West Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2017. Morgan stars in "Fist Fight" his first film since his near fatal car accident in 2014.
Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
Protestors write messages directed toward President Donald Trump on lanterns near the Washington Monument on Feb. 3, 2017.
Drew Angerer, Getty Images
Gregory Rugon climbs out of his home after failing to find his glasses that he lost taking cover after a tornado hit his home in the New Orleans on Feb. 7, 2017.
Gerald Herbert, AP
Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos is seen locked in a van outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Feb. 8, 2017, in Phoenix. Apparently fearing her deportation, activists blocked the gates surrounding the office near central Phoenix in what the Arizona Republic says was an effort to block several vans and a bus inside from leaving.
Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic
Israeli police use water cannon to disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators during a protest against the army recruitment in Jerusalem, Israel on Feb. 9, 2017.
Abir Sultan, European Pressphoto Agency
People pray around a cross-shaped platform covered with candles placed in jars of honey during a ceremony marking the day of Saint Haralampi, the Orthodox patron saint of bee-keepers, at the Church of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria on Feb. 10, 2017.
Nikolay Doychinov, AFP/Getty Images
Campers set structures on fire in preparation of the Army Corp's 2 p.m. deadline to leave the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on Feb. 22, 2017 in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Activists and protesters have occupied the Standing Rock Sioux reservation for months in opposition to the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Stephen Yang, Getty Images
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway checks her phone after taking a photo as President Donald Trump and leaders of historically black universities and colleges pose for a group photo in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 27, 2107.
Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images
Israeli police start to remove supporters of settlements from the roof of a house that will be destroyed in the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the occupied West Bank on March 1, 2017.
Menahem Kahana, AFP/Getty Images
An anti-government protester, wearing an illuminated costume, takes part in a rally in Seoul, South Korea on March 4, 2017. Tens of thousands of South Korean protesters held rival mass rallies over the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty Images
John Rankin, left, marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma, Ala., during the annual re-enactment of a key event in the civil rights movement in Selma on March 5, 2017.
Albert Cesare, The Montgomery Advertiser via USA TODAY Network
A woman strikes a pose in front of a statue titled "Fearless Girl" on March 8, 2017, in New York. A big investment firm, State Street Global Advisors, put the statue there to highlight International Women's Day.
Mark Lennihan, AP
An undocumented immigrant raises her hands in the air as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies overhead near the U.S.-Mexico border on March 15, 2017 near McAllen, Texas.
John Moore, Getty Images
People make the shape of a heart with their hands as they stand for a moment of silence during the one year anniversary of the Brussels terrorist attacks on March 22, 2017.
Geert Vanden Wijngaert, AP
A Syrian boy cries as he is being held at a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa on March 25, 2017.
Delil Souleiman, AFP/Getty Images
A woman attempts to access her home as her dog watches in central Lismore, Australia on March 31, 2017.
Dave Hunt, European Pressphoto Agency
A man holds two children killed in the Syrian attack on a village in northern Syria on April 11, 2017.
AP
A worker attaches a name card with a wish to a lotus lantern at Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea on April 12, 2017.The temple is decorated with thousands of colorful lanterns celebrating Buddha's upcoming birthday on May 3.
Jung Yeon-Je, AFP/Getty Images
Elisabeth Moss laughs while promoting her new Hulu show 'The Handmaid's Tale' on April 19, 2017. The show is based on a popular Margaret Atwood novel.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
A man crowd surfs during Mac DeMarco's set during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 21, 2017.
Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun via The USA TODAY Network
New Washington State Patrol troopers bow their heads during a prayer during graduation ceremonies on April 26, 2017, in Olympia, Wash.
Elaine Thompson, AP
A UK Independence Party supporter scuffles with a pro-Europe supporter ahead of a visit by UKIP leader Paul Nuttall to Hartlepool, on April 29, 2017 in Hartlepool, United Kingdom.
Ian Forsyth, Getty Images
A demonstrator catches fire during clashes with riot police within a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017.
Ronaldo Schemidt, AFP/Getty Images
World War II veterans dance at a traditional meeting point near Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia on May 7, 2017, during the 72nd anniversary of the victory over the Nazi Germany.
Yuri Kochetkov, European Pressphoto Agency
Pope Francis touches a figure representing Our Lady of Fatima during the Blessing for the Candles from the Chapel of the Apparitions, in Fatima, Portugal on May 12, 2017.
Patricia De Melo Moreira, AFP/Getty Images
Marissa Rhoades searches for her missing cat at the Prairie Lake Estates mobile home park in Barron County, Wis. on May 17, 2017. Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of powerful storms on the horizon.
Marisa Wojcik, The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP
A wrecked car sits in the intersection of 45th and Broadway in Times Square, May 18, 2017 in New York. One person was killed and several more injured when a car slammed into a crowd in New York's Times Square.
Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY
Kendall Jenner arrives for the premiere of '120 Beats Per Minute' during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France on May 20, 2017.
Ian Langsdon, European Pressphoto Agency
A woman is consoled as she looks at the floral tributes following an evening vigil outside the Town Hall on May 23, 2017 in Manchester, England. An explosion occurred at Manchester Arena as concert goers were leaving the venue after Ariana Grande had performed.
Leon Neal, Getty Images
Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper hits San Francisco Giants' Hunter Strickland in the face after being hit with a pitch in the eighth inning on May 29, 2017, in San Francisco.
Ben Margot, AP
Rolling Thunder participant David Borden, 67, of Dahlonega, Florida, pauses at The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington on May 28, 2017. Rolling Thunder Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to the search of American soldiers who are prisoners of war or missing in action.
Pete Marovich, European Pressphoto Agency
A waxing gibbous moon sets over the downtown Knoxville skyline on June 3, 2017.
Calvin Mattheis, Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates with forward Draymond Green in the fourth quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers in game five of the 2017 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena on June 12, 2017.
Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
Justice Neil Gorsuch and his wife Louise share a moment outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on June 15, 2017.
Michael Owens, USA TODAY
A protestor is arrested by Capitol Police officers outside the office of Sen. Pat Toomey, while lobbying against the Senate GOP health care bill on June 28, 2017 in Washington.
Drew Angerer, Getty Images
The newest members of the New York City police force hug during their graduation ceremony on June 29, 2017, in New York. Over 400 men and women took the oath of office and pledged to protect the people of New York City in a ceremony held at the Madison Square Garden Theatre.
Mary Altaffer, AP
Kim Jung-sook, wife of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, embraces Jack Celler, 90, of Washington, during her tour of Iona Senior Services' art therapy program on June 30, 2017, in Washington. Jung-sook added a small blue bird onto a painting that Celler was working on.
Jacquelyn Martin, AP
A passenger waves a French flag as the Cunard cruise liner RMS Queen Mary 2 arrives to New York city after sailing in the Atlantic ocean during the Bridge 2017, a transatlantic race between the cruise liner and the world's fastest Ultim trimarans from Saint-Nazaire, France, to New York, on July 1, 2017.
Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
A jet takes-off from Sky Harbor international Airport on June 21, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
People wearing Spider-Man costumes take a selfie at the premiere of 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' at the Yeongdeungpo Time Square CGV theater in Seoul, South Korea on July 2, 2017.
Kim Hee-Chul, European Pressphoto Agency
Fireworks are seen from the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, VA on July 4, 2017 during the Fourth of July celebration.
Michael Owens, USA TODAY
Police officers and community members release balloons during a vigil in front of the New York Police Department's 46th Precinct during a tribute to police officer Miosotis Familia in the Bronx borough of New York on July 8, 2017. Familia was shot to death early Wednesday, ambushed inside her command post by an ex-convict, who was later killed after pulling a gun on police.
Craig Ruttle, AP
A member of Iraq's federal police kisses a girl as forces celebrate in the Old City of Mosul on July 9, 2017 after the government's announcement of the liberation of the embattled city.
Fadel Senna, AFP/Getty Images
A farmer competes in the Water Buffalo Racing Festival in Chonburi province, Thailand on July 16, 2017. The Water Buffalo Racing Festival, held among rice farmers, celebrates the rice growing season and aims to conserve the traditional buffalo role in rice cultivation.
Rungroj Yongrit, European Pressphoto Agency
NATO paratroopers drop out of a plane during the 'Swift Response 17' joint airborne military exercise at Bezmer Airfield in Yambol, Bulgaria on July 18, 2017.
Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP/Getty Images
People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally on Aug. 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Va. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.
Ryan M. Kelly, The Daily Progress via AP
Hakon Heggland, 10, gets a ride from Sean Tucker as the Blue Angeles fly in formation over the AirVenture show in Oshkosh Wis., on July 28, 2017. Sean Tucker is the Experimental Aircraft Associations Young Eagles chairman and took Hakon for a ride during the show.
Tim Loehrke, USA TODAY
Santas jump into the water during the annual Santa Claus World Congress in Klampenborg, Denmark on July 25, 2017.
Sarah Christine Noergaard, AFP/Getty Images
Eastern grey kangaroos fight on Emerald Beach in northern New South Wales, Australia on Aug. 2, 2017.
Dave Hunt, European Pressphoto Agency
People walk on the "Europabruecke," world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, after the official inauguration in Randa, Switzerland on July 29, 2017.
Valentin Flauraud, AP
A Jazz funeral procession for Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis makes its way along South Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans on Aug. 1, 2017. Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis, matriarch of one of New Orleans' great musical families, died July 18 of pancreatic cancer.
Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune via AP
Skyler the dog rides on the tip of the board during the World Dog Surfing Championships at Linda Mar Beach on Aug. 5, 2017 in Pacifica, Calif.
John G. Mabanglo, European Pressphoto Agency
A child explores the Penobscot River's East Branch at the new Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine on Aug. 8, 2017.
Robert F. Bukaty, AP
A woman works in the field in a valley between Zunyi and Maotai, China on Aug. 15, 2017.
Aleksandar Plavevski, European Pressphoto Agency
Mohamad Amirul Arif Mahadhir, right, of Malaysia fights for the ball with Chinakorn Pongsapang, of Thailand, during the 2017 ASEAN Para Games at the National Sports Council field in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia on Aug. 18, 2017. Blind soccer is a sport for players who are blind or visually impaired. All of the players, except the goalkeeper, have to wear a blindfold to ensure fair gameplay, as not all players are completely blind but all have some form of vision impairment.
Fazry Ismail, European Pressphoto Agency
The diamond ring effect is displayed during totality of the solar eclipse in Hopkinsville, Ky. on Aug. 21, 2017.
Michael Clevenger, Courier-Journal, via USA TODAY NETWORK
Volunteers and first responders help flood victims evacuate to shelters due to rising waters from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017 in Houston.
Scott Clause, The Advertiser via USA TODAY NETWORK
Aaron Funk waters down the hillside behind his parents' home as a plane makes a drop in Sun Valley neighborhood, north of Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2017. The wildfire just north of downtown had grown to the largest in city history, Mayor Eric Garcetti said.
Paul Rodriguez, The Orange County Register via AP
Rescuers make the signal for silence during the search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 21, 2017, two days after a strong quake hit central Mexico killing at least 240 people.
The powerful 7.1 earthquake occurred on the 32nd anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake.
Ronaldo Schemidt, AFP/Getty Images
People begin to venture out in downtown Miami as outer bands of Hurricane Irma passed over Miami on Sept. 10, 2017.
Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
A young man carries an elderly woman after the wooden boat they were traveling on from Myanmar, crashed into the shore on Sept.12, 2017 in Dakhinpara, Bangladesh.
Dan Kitwood, Getty Images
Protesters stand outside of the St. Louis city jail on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The protesters chanted "free our people" outside the jail to show solidarity with those who remain behind bars. Police said that more than 120 people were arrested during the previous night's protests. It was the fourth day of protests over the acquittal of a white former police officer in the killing of a black suspect.
David Carson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
A man walks on a highway divider while carrying his bicycle in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sept. 21, 2017.
Ricardo Arduengo, AFP/Getty Images
The grandmother giant puppet is awakened before parading through the spectators during the 'The Saga of the Giants' street theater in Geneva, Switzerland on Sept. 29, 2017.
Jean-Christophe Bott, European Pressphoto Agency
A fisherman casts his net along a jetty at sunrise on Sept. 30, 2017, in Port Aransas, Texas.
Eric Gay, AP
Rohingya refugees rest inside a cement cylinder while a lack of shelters continues to be a massive problem on Sept. 17, 2017 in Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh since late August during the outbreak of violence in Myanmar.
Paula Bronstein, Getty Images
People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gunfire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas. The shooting spree killed dozens and injured more than 500.
David Becker, Getty Images
President Donald Trump throws a paper towel roll as he visits the Cavalry Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on Oct. 3, 2017. Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria thrashed through the U.S. territory, much of the island remains short of food and without access to power or drinking water.
Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images
A resident rushes to save his home as an out of control wildfire moves through the area on October 9, 2017 in Glen Ellen, Calif. Tens of thousands of acres and dozens of homes and businesses have burned in widespread wildfires that are burning in Napa and Sonoma counties.
Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
A man reacts near the site where a car bomb exploded at the center of Mogadishu, on Oct. 14, 2017. More than 20 people were killed when a car bomb exploded on a busy street in Somalia's capital.
Mohamed Abdiwahab, AFP/Getty Images
Priests gather in St. Peter's Square during a canonization Mass for 35 new saints on Oct. 15, 2017.
Giuseppe Lami, European Pressphoto Agency
A Ukrainian serviceman exercises with 75 lbs. of weight made from a120mm mortar, not far off the front line in Vodyane village in Ukraine on Oct. 16, 2017.
Sergey Vaganov, European Pressphoto Agency
Pallbearers guide in the casket of Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield during his funeral on Oct. 20, 2017 in Henderson, Nevada. Hartfield was killed by a gunman shooting from a hotel into a crowded outdoor concert on October 1 in Las Vegas.
Chase Stevens, Getty Images
President Donald Trump awards the Medal of Honor to United States Army Captain Gary M. Rose for "conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War," on Oct. 23, 2017 in Washington. Captain Rose received the medal for voluntarily risking his life on multiple occasions during combat operations, while serving as a medic with the 5th Special Forces Group.
Jim Lo Scalzo, European Pressphoto Agency
Syrian women escort a bride Heba as they participate in celebrations during the first wedding after the ouster of the Islamic State group from the eastern city of Raqa, in the western suburb of Jazra, on Oct. 27, 2017.
Delil Souleiman, AFP/Getty Images
A Philippine soldier holds his baby daughter as he arrives at the port of Manila on Oct.30, 2017, after a five-month deployment against Islamic State supporters.
Noel Celis, AFP/Getty Images
Police secure the scene at a bike path at Houston Street and West Street in lower Manhattan after a motorist drove onto the path near the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing several people.
Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY
The Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in game seven to win the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Nov. 1, 2017.
Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
A crowd releases lanterns into the air as they celebrate the Yee Peng Festival in Chiang Mai,Thailand on Nov. 3, 2017.
Roberto Schmidt, AFP/Getty Images
A detained member of the Other Russia Movement shouts from a police bus during an unauthorized rally to mark the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution in St.Petersburg, Russia on Nov. 6, 2017.
Dmitri Lovetsky, AP
A participant rides a high-wheel bicycle during the traditional 'Prague Mile' race in Prague, Czech Republic on Nov. 4, 2017. The Czech high-wheel bicycle club was founded in 1880.
Martin Divisek, European Pressphoto Agency
Olaf Niess catches a swan as he transports them to their winter enclosure on Alster River in Hamburg, Germany, on Nov. 7, 2017.
Daniel Bockwoldt, AP
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, and his wife Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures, on Nov. 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington.
Jacquelyn Martin, AP
Zimbabweans watch a televised address to the nation by President Robert Mugabe at a bar in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe on Nov. 19, 2017.
Ben Curtis, AP
Spectators watch the Grinch balloon pass during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 23, 2017 in New York.
Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY
Red-painted shoes, symbolizing victims of domestic violence, harassment, rape and sexual assault are displayed during International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Nantes, France on Nov. 25, 2017.
Damien Meyer, AFP/Getty Images
Mikaela Shiffrin embraces her grandmother Pauline Condron, center, and mother Eileen Shiffrin, at left, after winning the women's slalom race in the 2017 Audi FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Killington Resort in Killington, Vt. on Nov. 26, 2017.
Erich Schlegel, USA TODAY Sports
A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter carries a horse to Bowen Ranch in rural Apple Valley, Calif., on Nov. 27, 2017. San Bernardino County firefighters, with assistance from the LAFD helicopter, rescued the horse from Deep Creek.
James Quigg, The Daily Press via AP
Co-anchors Hoda Kotb, left, and Savannah Guthrie embrace on the set of the 'Today' show on Nov. 29, 2017, in New York. NBC News announced Wednesday that host Matt Lauer was fired for "inappropriate sexual behavior."
Craig Ruttle, AP
Smoke rising from Mt Agung is seen from Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 30, 2017. Thousands of foreign tourists were expected to leave Bali by plane following a nearly three-day airport shutdown, sparked by the rumbling volcano.
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