Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first ever image of a black hole was captured, using eight different telescopes taking simultaneous pictures, timed with extremely precise atomic clocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A series of bomb attacks occur at eight locations in Sri Lanka, including three churches, four hotels and one housing complex in Colombo, on Easter Sunday, leaving 259 people dead and over 500 injured. It is the first major terrorist attack in the country since the Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n
British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US President Donald Trump makes a state visit to the United Kingdom, meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May. It is the first official state visit to the UK by a sitting US president since 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 1 million people in Hong Kong protest against proposed legislation regarding extradition to China. It is the largest protest in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reports fires burning in the Amazon rainforest at a record rate, with more than 36,000 in the year to date, while smoke reaches S\u00e3o Paulo more than 2,700 kilometres away<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is arrested after seven years in Ecuador’s embassy in London<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An estimated one million people march through London in a protest organised by People’s Vote, to demand a second referendum on Brexit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The COVID-19 pandemic begins in Wuhan, Hubei, China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10610","j75journey","type-j75journey","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n