Julian Assange was released, free after a 14-year-long legal battle.
The polarising publisher firmly on Australian tarmac celebrating freedom
The Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris broke all-time records for ticket sales.
The sport of breaking had its Olympic debut, and Australian b-girl Raygun became an international sensation for her performance.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour came to Australia, playing for a record-breaking 96,000 fans at the MGC in Melbourne.
War continued to rage through the Middle East, with the Israel-Hamas conflict extending to conflicts in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Iran.
President Trump won the US Election, surviving an assassination attempt on the campaign trail, and beating Democrat Kamala Harris for the top job.
Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States.
And Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad's regime, freeing tens of thousands of people held in Syria’s notorious prisons.
