Editing 2017 (section)

=== January ===
* [[January 1]] – [[Istanbul nightclub shooting]]: A gunman dressed as [[Santa Claus]] opens fire at the Reina nightclub in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, killing 39 people and injuring 79 others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2017 |title=39 killed in armed attack at Istanbul nightclub |url=http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/35-killed-in-armed-attack-at-istanbul-nightclub/717919 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102172915/http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/39-killed-in-terror-attack-at-istanbul-nightclub/717919 |archive-date=January 2, 2017 |access-date=March 26, 2019 |website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>
* [[January 8 ]] – [[2017 Jerusalem truck attack]]: A Palestinian assailant entered the road where the Israeli defense forces were located with a truck, killing 4 people and injuring 15 others.
* [[January 16]] – [[Turkish Airlines Flight 6491]], a cargo flight en route from [[Hong Kong]] to [[Istanbul]] via [[Bishkek]], Kyrgyzstan, crashes in a residential area while attempting to land at [[Manas International Airport]], Bishkek, killing all four crew members on board and 35 people on the ground.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kyrgyzstan plane crash: Dozens die as Turkish cargo jet hits homes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38633526 |access-date=June 8, 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 16, 2017 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608170805/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38633526 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis]]: The [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS) launches a [[ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia|military intervention]] in [[the Gambia]] after [[Yahya Jammeh]] refuses to cede power following the [[2016 Gambian presidential election|2016 presidential elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jobe |first=Adam |date=January 31, 2017 |title=ECOMIG forces explain mandate in Gambia |url=https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/ecomig-forces-explain-mandate-in-gambia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218175135/https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/ecomig-forces-explain-mandate-in-gambia |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |access-date=4 January 2022 |website=The Point}}</ref> 
* [[January 21]]
**[[2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis]]: Following the [[ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia|military intervention of ECOWAS]], [[President of the Gambia|President]] [[Yahya Jammeh]] resigns from office after 23 years in power and flees into exile to [[Equatorial Guinea]]; the democratically elected [[Adama Barrow]] assumes office as President of The Gambia.<ref name="ReutersFlies">{{cite news |first1=Tim |last1=Cocks |first2=Lamin |last2=Jahateh |title=Gambia's former leader Jammeh flies into exile in Equatorial Guinea |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15505N |access-date=22 January 2017 |work=Reuters |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109030331/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15505N |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="JammehLeavesBBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38706426 |title=Ex-President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia after losing election |date=22 January 2016 |access-date=22 January 2016 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715014504/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38706426 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**Millions of people worldwide join the [[2017 Women's March|Women's March]] following the [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration of Donald Trump]] as [[President of the United States]]. 420 marches were reported in the U.S. and 168 in other countries, becoming the largest single-day protest in American history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-biggest-protest-history-estimated-2-4-million-march.html|title=Women's March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March|last=Easley|first=Jason|date=2017-01-21|website=Politicus USA|access-date=2017-01-22|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110091226/https://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-biggest-protest-history-estimated-2-4-million-march.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] issues [[Executive Order 13769|executive order banning travel and immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations]]. [[Protests against Executive Order 13769|Protests against the immigration order erupt nationwide for about two weeks]].
* [[January 30]] – [[Morocco]] rejoins the [[African Union]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ed Cropley |title=In tilt from Europe, Morocco rejoins African Union |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-africa-summit-morocco/in-tilt-from-europe-morocco-rejoins-african-union-idUSKBN15F18Z |publisher=Reuters |access-date=15 September 2021 |date=31 Jan 2017 |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915224841/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-africa-summit-morocco/in-tilt-from-europe-morocco-rejoins-african-union-idUSKBN15F18Z |url-status=live }}</ref>