2017 has been a tumultuous year. Besides the geopolitical upheavals and natural disasters that happened around the globe, events in our own daily lives can also challenge our way of thinking. CGTN has selected a few pictures that have captured some heart-wrenching moments, which deserve our reflection. /CGTN Photo

One day after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, numerous people attended a candlelight vigil in the evening on October 2 to mourn the victims. In the deadliest mass shooting in American history, at least 59 people were killed and 527 others were injured. /Xinhua Photo

An obese monkey nicknamed “Uncle Fatty” has become an Internet sensation after seemingly getting hooked on scraps fed to him at a market in Bangkok, Thailand. The 20-year-old long-tailed macaque has been checked into the primate equivalent of boot camp to help him lose some weight. /Chinanews Photo

Many stray dogs and cats face the danger of being injured by cars or walking into paw traps in Taiwan. Pan Chieh, a 40-year-old machine operator has thus made wheelchairs for disabled animals in need wherever they are in shelters and homes. /VCG Photo

The Yamuna River, the longest and the second-largest tributary of the Ganges in northern India, was captured gasping for life as it became coated with a thick layer of foam in June. /VCG Photo

In the startling photo captured in November by Chen Zixiang, a Xiamen citizen, tens of thousands of discarded shared vehicles were seen cluttering a square the size of a football field like haunting metal hills in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province. /Tencent Photo