2011In a major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, the world&rsquos fi rst synthetic organ transplant was conducted by Swedish surgeons, led by professor Paolo Macchiarini (second from...Image by Katie Collins/Getty Images
2013The world said goodbye to anti-apartheid revolutionary and peace activist Nelson Mandela on December 5. He was buried at Qunu, in the Eastern Cape province, where the ceremony was atten...Image by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
2014Malala Yousafzai became the youngest ever recipient of a Nobel Prize. The Pakistani activist won for her struggle against the suppression of children, and the right of all children to e...Image by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
2016In the Brexit referendum of June 23, 52 percent of the voting British public opted to leave the European Union. The wheels were set in motion for the United Kingdom to invoke Article 50...Image by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
2018A data mining scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, the sale of data from some 50 million Facebook users, a Congressional grilling for founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the loss of $119 bi...Image by Win McNamee/Reuters
2019In one of the largest climate mobilisations in history, an international protest by young people and adults addressed the climate crisis and demanded action just before the UN Climate S...Image by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
