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38. Fayzabad, Afghanistan. 2023 Fayzabad mosque bombing. A bomb exploded in a mosque where a memorial service was held for Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the governor of Badakhshan who was killed by the Islamic State in the same week. The Islamic State also claimed responsibility for the mosque bombing.
January 20 – Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, [27] and Mike Pence is sworn in as the 48th vice president. January 21 – 2.9 million people attend the Women's March in opposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump, making it the single biggest protest in U.S. history. [28] January 23.
The employment rate fell from 42.59% in 2016–17 to 41.45% in 2016–17. The unemployment rate also declined from 7.51% in 2016–17 to 4.66% in 2017–18 because of the shrinking employed force. The number of the employed force fell from 439.7 million in 2016–17 to 426.1 million in 2017–18.
Clockwise from top-left: the war against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul; Islamic suicide terrorist Salman Abedi bombs the Manchester Arena following a concert by Ariana Grande, killing 22 people and himself; a view of the Solar eclipse of August 21 ("Great American Eclipse") in North Carolina; North Korea tests a series of nuclear missiles in the face of international condemnation, sparking a ...
The top five-ranked countries in the Movers subranking – India, Singapore, China, Thailand and Japan – come from the region. Singapore also is seen as the most forward-looking country, with ...
2016 in various calendars. 2016 ( MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. This Atlantic hurricane season saw above-normal activity; [nb 1] it was the seventh most active season on record and the most active since 2005. [2] The season officially began on June 1, 2017 and ended on November 30, 2017.
October [ edit] Hurricane Matthew at Category 5 intensity on October 1. October 1. 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 30) at 13.4°N 71.9°W – Hurricane Matthew rapidly intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane and simultaneously attains peak winds of 165 mph (270 km/h) about 135 miles (215 km) west-northwest of Aruba.