10 Jarring News Photos That Sum Up 2017

Remember those comments last year suggesting / hoping / praying that 2017 was going to be better?

Yeah, well, it didn’t take long for everyone to realise that wasn’t going to happen.

It all began with the swearing in of Donald Trump as the President of the USA, and from there it was a downward spiral of chaos.

Although the almighty America might play a role in influencing the rest of the world, what with the increase in clashes between nationalists and protesters ,as well as ongoing struggles against extremists across the globe, there were some events out of its control.

Those included the likes of the enormous Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh, and the devastating effects of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

To round up the year in images, The Atlantic compiled 25 photographs – take a look at 10:

People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)

An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, on September 11, 2017. (Danish Siddiqui / Reuters)

United States President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife, Melania Trump, holds the Bible and his son, Barron Trump, looks on, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty)

Kandy Freeman participates in a Black Lives Matter protest in front of Trump Tower in New York City, U.S. January 14, 2017. (Stephanie Keith / Reuters)

A migrant tries to board a boat of the German NGO Sea-Watch in the Mediterranean Sea on November 6, 2017. During a shipwreck, five people died, including a newborn child. (Alessio Paduano / AFP / Getty)

A member of the Mexican Navy kneels next to a rescue dog after an earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico, in Juchitan, Mexico, on September 10, 2017. (Edgard Garrido / Reuters)

A man wearing a shirt with swastikas is punched by an unidentified member of the crowd near the site of a planned speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer, who popularized the term ‘alt-right’, at the University of Florida campus on October 19, 2017, in Gainesville, Florida. (Brian Blanco / Getty)

A young girl dances with an American flag in baggage claim while women pray behind her during a protest against the travel ban imposed by executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, on January 29, 2017. (Laura Buckman / Reuters)

Hand-held candles burn in the background as Pope Francis touches the figure representing Our Lady of Fatima during his visit to the Chapel of the Apparitions at the Fatima shrine, in Fatima on May 12, 2017. (Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP / Getty)

The eye of Hurricane Jose, imaged by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A satellite, on September 9, 2017. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY ESA / Processed by Antti Lipponen)

Takes you back, hey? If those gave you some feels, then definitely take a look at the rest here.

Damn, I hope next year is better.

[source:theatlantic]

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