The document provides a visual summary of major news events that occurred throughout 2018 with photos from each month. Some key events highlighted include the Parkland school shooting, royal weddings of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the reunification of North and South Korea, wildfires in California, the rescue of boys trapped in a cave in Thailand, Hurricane Florence, and the Camp Fire in California that destroyed the town of Paradise. The photos provide a glimpse into political, humanitarian, environmental and pop culture stories that shaped the year.

1. 2018: The year in pictures

2. People run toward the North Sea during the New Year’s Dive in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Bart Maat/EPA

3. January 6 – A member of the White Helmets, the volunteer rescue group also known as the Syrian Civil Defense, carries a wounded child after an airstrike in the Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
Bassam Khabieh/Reuters

4. January 24 – People react in a Lansing, Michigan during the sentencing hearing of Larry Nassar, a former team doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University. Nassar pleaded guilty to
seven counts of criminal sexual conduct. Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina gave Nassar a prison sentence of 40 to 175 years. Brendan McDermid/Reuters

5. February 1–A tiger leaps to catch his prey at a Siberian tiger park in Harbin, China. Andrey Gudkov/Caters News

6. February 6 – Luis Enrique Argel Reyes guides a pack horse along the shore of Chile’s Geike Lake while bringing food and supplies for students who were on a course with the National Outdoor
Leadership School. Andria Hautamaki/Redux

7. February 6 – A dummy in a spacesuit is seen behind the wheel of Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car as it floats in space. The car was launched into space aboard Falcon Heavy, a massive new
rocket owned by Musk’s pioneering rocket firm, SpaceX. SpaceX/AP

8. February 14 – Students evacuate Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida. Former student Nikolas Cruz, 19, was charged in the
massacre. Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

9. February 14 – A model walks the runway during a Marc Jacobs fashion show in New York. Landon Nordeman/The New York Times/Redux

10. February 17 – A military helicopter lies among debris after a deadly crash in Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico. The helicopter was carrying officials who were surveying earthquake damage, and it was
attempting to land at an airfield when it crashed in a nearby field on top of two vehicle. Mario Vazquez/AFP/Getty Images

11. February 22 – A cow is prepared for a photo shoot during a dairy cow beauty pageant in Verden an der Aller, Germany. Carmen Jaspersen/AFP/Getty Images

12. March 5 – Students take a car safety course at Effat University in Jidda, Saudi Arabia. The country lifted its decades-old ban on female drivers, bringing it in line with the rest of the world.
Tasneem Alsultan/The New York Times/Redux

13. February 25 – A child receives medical treatment after a village was attacked in Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region. Several people were treated for exposure to chlorine gas, opposition
groups said, as airstrikes and artillery fire from the regime continued. CNN was unable to independently verify claims that chlorine was used as a weapon. Mohammed Badra/EPA

14. March 14 – Stranded boats are seen on a dried-up shore of Switzerland's Lake of Gruyere. The artificial reservoir's water level was being reduced to make room for melting snow that would soon
be coming from the surrounding mountains. Valentin Flauraud/Keystone/AP

15. March 15 – A child sleeps in a bag in the Syrian village of Beit Sawa. Omar Sanadiki/Reuters

16. March 15 – Children with physical disabilities take part in an event in Chennai, India, to remember British physicist Stephen Hawking, who died the day before at the age of 76. Arun
Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

17. March 19 – Joseph Wachira comforts Sudan, a northern white rhino, moments before he died at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Sudan was 45 years old and in poor health. Ami Vitale

18. March 27 – Garra rufa obtusas, also known as "doctor fish,” swim around a man’s face as he relaxes in a hot spa pool in Kangal, Turkey. The tiny fish will eat dead human skin when no plankton
are around. Umit Bektas/Reuters

19. March 29 – A baby wombat sits in its mother's pouch at a zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Martin Meissner/AP

20. April 6 – Palestinian protesters shout during clashes with Israeli troops near the Israel-Gaza border. Mohammed Salem/Reuters

21. April 4 – A woman in Memphis, Tennessee, holds a poster of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of King's assassination. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

22. April 8 – Dead bodies lie on the ground in the rebel-held city of Douma, Syria. According to activist groups, helicopters dropped barrel bombs filled with toxic gas on Douma, which had been the
focus of a renewed government offensive that launched in mid-February. Emad Aldin/EPA

23. April 9 – A crow at the Beijing Zoo grabs some panda fur to use in its nest. AFP/Getty Images

24. April 9 – Rescue workers and locals try to help a stranded humpback whale in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The whale died despite their efforts. Diego Izquierdo/AFP/Getty Images

25. April 14 – Damascus skies erupt with anti-aircraft fire as the United States and its allies launch an early morning attack on targets in the Syrian capital. The United States, the United Kingdom and
France hit three Syrian targets in retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians. Hassan Ammar/AP

26. April 21 – Supporters of the National Socialist Movement, a white-nationalist political group, give Nazi salutes while a swastika burns at an undisclosed location in Georgia. Go Nakamura/Reuters

27. April 23 – Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, looks at her newborn son, Louis, hours after his birth in London. Louis, the third child of Catherine and Prince William, is fifth in line to the British
throne. Chris Jackson/Getty Images

28. April 26 – Veterinarians with Four Paws, an animal welfare charity, check up on May, a moon bear that had been rescued from a bear bile farm in Vietnam. Moon bears, also known as Asian black
bears, are illegally harvested in some countries for their bile, a digestive fluid that some people use in folk remedies. Kham/Reuters

29. April 27 – History was made when Kim Jong Un became the first North Korean leader to cross into South Korean territory since 1953. South Korean President Moon Jae-in was waiting to greet
him at the military demarcation line that has long divided the two Koreas. Press Pool/AFP/Getty Images

30. April 27 – Simba, a 9-month-old lion, poses with Dominque and Juliette Cases, who own a small private zoo in Casteil, France. Simba has been living with the Cases since his mother tried to eat
him. He will return to an enclosure when he reaches adulthood. Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images

31. April 30 – Journalists were responding to the scene of a bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a second blast was detonated. Ten journalists were among 31 people killed in a series of attacks
that day in Afghanistan. The bombings in Kabul were claimed by ISIS. Omar Sobhani/Reuters

32. May 15–People play golf on Hawaii's Big Island as an ash plume from the Kilauea volcano rises in the distance. The volcano erupted in early May, sending a smoldering flow of lava into
residential areas. Mario Tama/Getty Images

33. May 19 – Lava from the Kilauea volcano approaches a home in Pahoa, Hawaii. Bruce Omori/Paradise Helicopters/EPA

34. May 19 – Meghan Markle walks down the aisle before marrying Britain’s Prince Harry in Windsor, England. Danny Lawson/Pool/AP

35. May 19 – Harry and Meghan kiss on the steps of St. George's Chapel shortly after being married. Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

36. May 19 – A bald eagle and a red fox tussle in mid-air over a rabbit on Washington’s San Juan Island. The eagle stole the rabbit from the fox. Kevin Ebi/LivingWilderness.com

37. May 25 – Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul whose alleged sexual assaults sparked the international #MeToo movement, turns himself in to the New York Police Department. He was
charged with rape and sex abuse in cases involving three women. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

38. June 4 – A body is covered in volcanic ash in the Guatemalan village of San Miguel Los Lotes. The Fuego volcano erupted the day before, killing dozens of people and covering nearby villages in
ash. Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images

39. June 6 – A tornado tears through the Wyoming countryside near Laramie. Greg Campbell/Caters News

40. June 9 – In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with US President Donald Trump, seated, as they are surrounded by other
leaders at the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec. Jesco Denzel/German Federal Government/AP

41. June 12 – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump prepare to sign a document at the end of their summit in Singapore. It was the first meeting ever between a sitting US
president and a North Korean leader. Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Getty Images

42. June 12 – A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as her mother is searched and detained in McAllen, Texas, near the US-Mexico border. The photo went viral as an example of the Trump
administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy. John Moore/Getty Images

43. June 18 – Immigrant children who had been separated from their families walk between tents at a temporary shelter in Tornillo, Texas. Mike Blake/Reuters

44. June 18 – An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland. Greenland is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and it is the largest contributor to the rising sea levels that
could become catastrophic for coastal cities around the world. Lucas Jackson/Reuters

45. July 2 – This image, taken from video, shows the Thai youth soccer team that was trapped inside a cave system in northern Thailand. They were rescued nearly three weeks later thanks to
hundreds of experts who flew in from around the world to help. Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center/AP

46. July 9 – Rescuers search for missing people in Kumano, Japan, after several days of heavy rainfall set off flooding and landslides. Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News/AP

47. July 12 – An owl eats the head of a dead chick at a zoo in Stralsund, Germany. Stefan Sauer/AFP/Getty Images

48. July 17 – An African migrant is embraced by a lifeguard after being rescued from a wrecked boat in the Mediterranean Sea. Juan Medina/Reuters

49. July 23 – A bead of sweat falls from a member of the Queen's Guard as he takes part in a changing of the guard ceremony in London. The country was in the midst of one of the hottest summers
on record, according to the Met Office. Kirsty O'Connor/PA Images/AP

50. July 24 – Firefighters try to extinguish wildfire flames in Kineta, Greece. Dozens of people were killed in the wildfires — the worst to affect Greece in over a decade. Valerie Gache/AFP/Getty
Images

51. July 27 – A blood moon lunar eclipse is seen in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. The total lunar eclipse — the longest of the century — was visible across much of the Eastern Hemisphere. The moon appeared
red in the night sky as it moved into Earth's shadow, perfectly aligned with Earth and the sun. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

52. August 8 – A plane drops fire retardant behind homes as the Holy Fire burns in Lake Elsinore, California. More than 14,000 firefighters were battling catastrophic wildfires that ravaged parts of the
state that month. Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register/AP

53. July 30 – A humpback whale pops out of the
waters near Tongatapu, Tonga. David Edgar
Photography

54. August 15 – A view of the Morandi Bridge, a day after a major section collapsed during torrential rains in Genoa, Italy. Abandoned vehicles remained on the span, with one truck close to the edge.
About two dozen people were killed in the collapse. Luca Zennaro/EPA

55. August 28 – Legendary singer Aretha Franklin lies in honor at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, which is in Detroit. Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” whose musical career
spanned six decades, died in August at the age of 76. Paul Sancya/Reuters

56. September 12. Astronaut Alexander Gerst, aboard the International Space Station, tweeted this photo of Hurricane Florence saying, "It's chilling, even from space.” Florence slammed ashore as a
Category 1 hurricane two days later. Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA/AP

57. September 25 – Bill Cosby is taken away in handcuffs after he received a prison sentence of three to 10 years. In April, the entertainer had been found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting
Andrea Constand 14 years ago. Jacqueline Larma/AP

58. October 2 – Soldiers bury earthquake victims in a mass grave in Poboya, Indonesia. A powerful, 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on September 28, triggering a
tsunami and leaving hundreds dead. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

59. October 2 – A migrant — part of a group that was intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea — stands in line after arriving in the Spanish port of Motril. Juan Medina/Reuters

60. October 12 – Employees from the Sotheby's auction house pose with Banksy's “Love is in the Bin.” The art was created a week earlier when Banksy’s "Girl with Balloon" painting, which had just
sold for $1.4 million, was damaged by a paper shredder hidden inside the frame. Jack Taylor/Getty Images

61. October 18 – Amal Hussain, a 7-year-old suffering from malnutrition, lies in a bed at a mobile UNICEF clinic in Aslam, Yemen. She died days after The New York Times published a story about her
and the famine crisis in Yemen. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times/Redux

62. October 29 – A wallet is seen in the water where a Lion Air passenger plane crashed into the Java Sea after taking off from Tangerang, Indonesia. Aboard the plane were 181 passengers and eight
crew members. Achmad Ibrahim/AP

63. October 20 – A migrant jumps off a bridge to enter Mexico from Guatemala. Groups of Central American migrants have been traveling through Mexico in their quest to gain entry to the United
States. John Moore/Getty Images

64. October 29 – Camila Savioll Mejia, 4, throws a tantrum and refuses to walk any farther as she and her mother walk with other US-bound migrants in San Pedro Tapanatepec, Mexico. Carolyn Van
Houten/The Washington Post/Getty Images

65. November 7 – A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held by CNN's Jim Acosta as he questions Trump during a news conference. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

66. November 15 – This aerial photo shows a neighborhood in Paradise, California, that was leveled by the Camp Fire. Noah Berger/AP

67. November 25 – Migrant Maria Meza and her 5-year-old twin daughters, Saira Mejia Meza and Cheili Mejia Meza, run from tear gas that was deployed by US Border Patrol agents near the fence
between Mexico and the United States. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

68. November 27 – A mandarin duck swims in New York's Central Park. The colorful bird has become a star attraction since showing up at the park. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

69. December 1 – Tear gas surrounds protesters as they clash with police near Paris' Arc de Triomphe. The rising cost of gasoline and diesel fuel sparked protests that have since evolved into
broader demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron's government. Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images

70. December 5 – US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, join former US Presidents and their wives at the state funeral of George H.W. Bush. In the front row, from left, are the Trumps,
Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. Alex Brandon/Pool/Reuters

71. December 2 – People dressed as Santa Claus take part in the Papa Noel rally, a charity event in Turin, Italy. Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images

72. December 12 – A statue that was damaged by protesters is seen at Paris’ Arc de Triomphe. The Arc was covered in graffiti and ransacked during anti-government protests. Christophe
Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

73. December 22 – The last full moon of 2018 rises above Propylaea, the gate of the Acropolis hill, next to the Parthenon temple in Athens, Greece, on Saturday, December 22. Muhammed Muheisen

74. December 24- Police officers search for victims among rubble of a destroyed beach front hotel which was hit by a tsunami in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

75. December 25- Lightning flashes around the Anak Krakatau volcano area, as seen from Rajabasa village in South Lampung regency, Lampung province, Indonesia. Riau Images / Barcroft Media
via Getty

76. December 25- Ash and explosions erupt from Sicily's Mount Etna volcano on The ash column headed toward the city of Catania. Marco Restivo / Barcroft Media via Getty

77. December 25 - At St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.Swiss guards parade before the arrival of the pope for the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas message to Vatican City and the world. Tiziana
Fabi / AFP / Getty

78. December 26 - In Savines-le-Lac shows the Saint Michel Chapel on a small island in the middle of the Serre-Ponçon artificial lake, one of the largest in Europe. Joel Saget / AFP / Getty

79. December 29 - People walk past installations at the Ice Moscow festival in Moscow, Russia. Reuters

80. December 31 - A girl from Salvador, part of the Central American migrants hoping to reach the United States, looks through the US-Mexico border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California State,
Mexico. Guillermo Arias.Getty image.

81. December 31 - A Hindu prays against the backdrop of an illuminated railway bridge across the river Yamuna before the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

82. December 31 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thai people light candles and give prayers as they mark New Year's Eve. NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

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