Template:In the news
- Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege is awarded the Sakharov Prize for helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Comet Siding Spring makes a very close approach to Mars (artist's rendering pictured) and is observed by means of surface rovers and satellites.
- At least 41 people are killed in Nepal's worst snowstorm disaster around the mountains of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.
- Jean Tirole is awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of market power and regulation.
- Cyclone Hudhud strikes India and Nepal, killing at least 84 people.
- Evo Morales is re-elected for a third term as President of Bolivia.
Ongoing:
Ebola outbreak –
Hong Kong protests –
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths:
Gough Whitlam –
Oscar de la Renta
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