2018 saw events that pulled people apart and others that brought people together.
The year began as tensions over nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula rose to fever pitch. But in a seemingly impossible feat of diplomacy, Donald Trump secured a meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, becoming the first United States President to meet a North Korean leader.
In the United States, the midterm elections called Donald Trump’s popularity into question.
While the world marked 100 years since the end of the First World War, which those that were living it had called 'The war to end all wars', there were still many conflicts raging through 2018.
Meanwhile the war in Syria entered its eighth year as the Assad government and allied forces continued their quest to drive out ISIS.
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