Clockwise from top-left: the 2018 Winter Olympics are held in PyeongChang, South Korea; protests erupt following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; the March for Our Lives protests take place across the United States and the world; the Yellow vests protests break out in France; the Camp Fire becomes the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his Tesla Roadster into outer space; rescuers assemble to begin search-and-rescue operations during the Tham Luang cave rescue; North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
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2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
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