As 2017 comes to an end, CGTN has put together a twelve-episode special series "News Map 2017," to review the monthly events of the past year. From December 18 to 29, review the most stirring events, relive the most touching stories, and remember the most powerful faces of 2017.
Donald Trump made history when he was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, on January 20, 2017.
US President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania holds the Bible on the West front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, January 20, 2017. /VCG Photo
US President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania holds the Bible on the West front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, January 20, 2017. /VCG Photo
His electoral win made him the first businessman to become president, the first candidate to run a presidential election campaign using personal funds and the first US president ever elected to have never held elected office or served in the military.
Protesters hold up signs near a Donald Trump puppet during a rally calling for accountability for the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russian government in front of the White House in Washington, DC, July 11, 2017. /VCG Photo
Protesters hold up signs near a Donald Trump puppet during a rally calling for accountability for the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russian government in front of the White House in Washington, DC, July 11, 2017. /VCG Photo
The 71-year-old former real estate tycoon and reality show host beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in one of the most divisive and controversial contests in living memory.
Protests have followed Trump since he started campaigning. Critics say Trump's anti-establishment, anti-Muslim, anti-globalization, and basically anti-everything views, have demolished what took his predecessors years to build.
A protester holds up a sign in front of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California, February 7, 2017. /VCG Photo
A protester holds up a sign in front of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California, February 7, 2017. /VCG Photo
He has withdrawn the US from the Paris climate accord, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Global Migration Compact. While refusing to let his country take on responsibilities as a world superpower, President Trump has also taken a harsh stance on domestic policy.
US President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 19, 2017, in New York City. /VCG Photo
US President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 19, 2017, in New York City. /VCG Photo
Trump has promised to build a wall separating the US and Mexico, issued an executive order that blocks travel from six majority-Muslim countries and in his grand finale for the year, announced in December that the US would recognize the Holy City of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, sparking more chaos in the war-torn Middle East.
Trump now has more on his plate than what he wished for: A rise in white supremacist sentiment, terrorist attacks, his administration's alleged ties with Russia, not to mention his party recently lost a Senate seat in the traditionally Republican state of Alabama.
US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 22, 2017. /VCG Photo
US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 22, 2017. /VCG Photo
The world continues to watch what comes next, under Trump's self-proclaimed banner of "Make America Great Again."
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