Editing 2017 (section)

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{{Events by month|2017|prefix=Portal:Current events/}}
{{About|the year 2017|the number|2017 (number)|other uses}}
[[File:2017 Events Collage V2.png|Clockwise from top-left: the war against [[ISIS]] at the [[Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)|Battle of Mosul]]; Islamic suicide terrorist Salman Abedi [[Manchester Arena bombing|bombs]] the [[Manchester Arena]] following a concert by [[Ariana Grande]], killing 22 people and himself; a view of the [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|Solar eclipse of August 21]] ("Great American Eclipse") in [[North Carolina]]; [[North Korea]] [[2017 North Korean missile tests|tests a series of nuclear missiles]] in the face of international condemnation, sparking a [[2017-2018 North Korea crisis|period of fierce tension]] between [[North Korea]] and the west; an [[2017 Puebla earthquake|earthquake]] strikes Central Mexico, killing 370 people; [[Spain]] rejects the [[Catalan declaration of independence]] after the [[2017 Catalan independence referendum|Catalan independence referendum]], leading to massive protests and [[2017 Catalan general strike|strikes]]; [[Stephen Paddock]] [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|opened fire on a crowd]] attending a music festival in [[Las Vegas]], killing 60 people and himself and becoming the [[Mass shootings in the United States#Deadliest mass shootings since 1949|deadliest mass shooting]] in the [[United States]]; after 13 years of orbiting [[Saturn]], the ''[[Cassini-Huygens]]'' spacecraft [[Cassini retirement|ends]] its mission.|300x300px|thumb|right]]
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2017 was designated as the [[International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development]] by the [[United Nations General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=United Nations Observances: International Years|url=http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2015-12-07/united-nations-declares-2017-international-year-sustainable-tourism-develop|publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=February 7, 2016|ref=United Nations Observances: International Years|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222133322/http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2015-12-07/united-nations-declares-2017-international-year-sustainable-tourism-develop|archive-date=February 22, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{TOC limit|}}