Editing 2019 (section)

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[[File:2019 collage v1.png|Clockwise from top-left: [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests|Hong Kong protests]] turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] votes to adopt articles of [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|impeachment against Donald Trump]] due to the [[2019 Trump–Ukraine scandal|Trump–Ukraine scandal]] and other controversies; [[Cas9|CRISPR gene]] editing first used to experimentally treat a patient with a genetic disorder; a [[2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris|fire destroys]] the spire and roof of [[Notre-Dame de Paris]]; the [[Venezuelan presidential crisis]] divided the nation and the world in support for [[Nicolás Maduro]] or [[Juan Guaidó]]; protesters in [[Tahrir Square, Baghdad]] during the [[2019–2021 Iraqi protests|Iraqi protests]], caused by strong [[Iraqi nationalism]]; [[2019–2022 Chilean protests|Chileans protest]] after the increase in the rates of the public transport system of [[Santiago]]; the [[Event Horizon Telescope]] captures the first image of a [[black hole]].|300x300px|thumb|right]]
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This was the year in which the first known human case of [[COVID-19]] was documented, preceding [[COVID-19 pandemic|the pandemic]] which was declared by the [[World Health Organization]] the following year.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Allam |first=Zaheer |date=2020 |title=The First 50 days of COVID-19: A Detailed Chronological Timeline and Extensive Review of Literature Documenting the Pandemic |journal=Surveying the Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Implications |pages=1–7 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-824313-8.00001-2 |pmc=7378494|isbn=9780128243138 }}</ref>{{C21 year in topic}}
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as the "best year in human history" by some newspapers and media outlets in the United States, including ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[WNYC]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/opinion/sunday/2019-best-year-poverty.html|title=This Has Been the Best Year Ever|date=28 Dec 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Nicholas Kristof|access-date=August 25, 2022|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204151543/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/opinion/sunday/2019-best-year-poverty.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/2019-best-year-ever/|title=2019: Best Year Ever?|author=The Brian Lehrer Show|publisher=[[WNYC]]|date=31 Dec 2019|access-date=August 25, 2022|archive-date=December 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216141733/https://www.wnyc.org/story/2019-best-year-ever/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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