Editing 2017 (section)

=== November ===
* [[November 2]] – A [[Tapanuli orangutan|new species of orangutan]] is identified in [[Indonesia]], becoming the third known species of [[orangutan]] as well as the first [[great ape]] to be described for almost a century.<ref>{{cite web | last=Gill | first=Victoria | title=New great ape species identified | website=BBC News | date=November 2, 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41848816 | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=June 21, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621032106/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41848816 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 3]] – [[Syrian Civil War]]: both [[Deir ez-Zor]] in [[Syria]] and [[Al-Qa'im (town)|Al-Qa'im]] in [[Iraq]] are declared liberated from [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] on the same day.<ref>{{cite web | title=Big losses for IS in Syria and Iraq | website=BBC News | date=November 3, 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41856330 | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=January 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101223648/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41856330 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 5]]
** The German newspaper ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]'' publishes [[Paradise Papers|13.4 million documents]] leaked from the [[offshore financial centre|offshore]] law firm [[Appleby (law firm)|Appleby]], along with business registries in 19 tax jurisdictions that reveal offshore financial activities on behalf of politicians, celebrities, corporate giants and business leaders. The newspaper shared the documents with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] and asked it to lead the investigation.<ref>{{cite web | last=Forsythe | first=Michael | title=Paradise Papers Shine Light on Where the Elite Keep Their Money | website=The New York Times | date=April 3, 2016 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/paradise-papers.html | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=January 26, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126022426/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/paradise-papers.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Sutherland Springs church shooting]]: A gunman opens fire in a Baptist church in [[Sutherland Springs, Texas]], United States, killing 26 people and injuring 20 more. It was the deadliest shooting in an American [[place of worship]] in modern history, surpassing the [[Charleston church shooting]] of 2015<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadliest-church-shooting-in-american-history-strikes-sutherland-springs-texas |title = Deadliest Church Shooting in American History Kills at Least 26 |last = Weill |first = Kelly |date = November 5, 2017 |work = The Daily Beast |access-date = July 17, 2019 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171106062833/https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadliest-church-shooting-in-american-history-strikes-sutherland-springs-texas |archive-date = November 6, 2017 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> and the [[Waddell Buddhist temple shooting]] of 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ky3.com/content/news/FAST-FACTS-Deadliest-mass-shootings-in-modern-US-history--455579613.html|title=Fast facts: Deadliest mass shootings in modern US history|date=November 6, 2017|publisher=[[KYTV (TV)|KY3]]|location=Springfield, MO|url-status=live|access-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107164847/http://www.ky3.com/content/news/FAST-FACTS-Deadliest-mass-shootings-in-modern-US-history--455579613.html|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] – A magnitude 7.3 [[2017 Iran-Iraq earthquake|earthquake]] strikes the border region between [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]] leaving at least 530 dead and over 70,000 homeless.<ref>{{cite web | title=Iran-Iraq border quake kills hundreds | website=BBC News | date=November 13, 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41963373 | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=December 13, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213173728/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41963373 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 15]]
** [[Zimbabwe]]an [[President of Zimbabwe|President]] [[Robert Mugabe]] is [[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état|placed under house arrest]], as the military take control of the country.<ref name="Mugabe">{{cite news|last1=Moyo|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Onishi|first2=Norimitsu|title=Zimbabwe's Military, in Apparent Takeover, Says It Has Custody of Mugabe|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa-chiwenga.html|access-date=November 16, 2017|work=NY Times|date=November 14, 2017|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224045734/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa-chiwenga.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He resigns six days later, after 37 years of rule.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe's President Mugabe resigns|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42071488|access-date=November 21, 2017|work=BBC News|date=November 21, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623213751/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42071488|url-status=live}}</ref>
** A [[Leonardo da Vinci]] painting, ''[[Salvator Mundi (Leonardo)|Salvator Mundi]]'', sells for US$450&nbsp;million at [[Christie's]] in New York, a new record price for any work of art.<ref name="DaVinci">{{cite news|title='Leonardo da Vinci artwork' sells for record $450m|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42000696|access-date=November 16, 2017|work=BBC News|date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102164317/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42000696|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The Argentinian submarine [[ARA San Juan (S-42)|ARA ''San Juan'']] suddenly vanished with 44 crew members on board whilst on a routine patrol in the South Atlantic. It would be found one year later wrecked {{convert|907|m|feet}} below the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46248970|title=Argentina 'lacks means' to raise lost sub|date=2018-11-17|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en-GB|archive-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117211231/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46248970|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 20]] – ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' publishes an article recognising the high-velocity asteroid [[ʻOumuamua]] as originating from outside the [[Solar System]], i.e. the first known [[interstellar object]].
* [[November 22]] – The [[International Court of Justice]] finds [[Ratko Mladić]] guilty of [[genocide]] committed in [[Srebrenica]] during the 1990s [[Bosnian War]], the worst massacre in Europe since [[World War II]]. He is sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratko Mladic found guilty of genocide over Bosnia war|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42080090|access-date=November 22, 2017|work=BBC News|date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=January 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115194232/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42080090|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] – A [[2017 Sinai mosque attack|mosque attack]] in Sinai, Egypt kills 305 worshippers and leaves hundreds more wounded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/egyptian-mosque-attack-death-toll-climbs-to-305/|title=Egyptian mosque attack death toll climbs to 305|date=2017-11-25|work=Fox News|access-date=2017-11-25|archive-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121051822/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/25/egyptian-mosque-attack-death-toll-climbs.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[November 27]] – Start of the [[2017–2018 Honduran protests|Honduran protests]].<ref name="ABC-EFE">{{cite news|date=2 December 2017|title=Honduras: posible fraude, muertos y mucha tensión|language=Spanish|trans-title=Honduras: possible fraud, deaths and great tension|publisher=ABC Color|agency=EFE|location=Tegucigalpa|url=http://www.abc.com.py/internacionales/honduras-posible-fraude-muertos-y-mucha-tension-1654877.html|accessdate=2 December 2017|archive-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322112717/https://www.abc.com.py/internacionales/honduras-posible-fraude-muertos-y-mucha-tension-1654877.html|url-status=live}}</ref>