"What in the World?" - Week of May 14-20, 2017

Human rights attorney Moon Jae-in, best known for THIS policy position, won South Korea's presidential election:

Starting with hospitals and doctors' offices across the UK on Friday (May 12), then spreading to over 150 different countries, THIS event affected businesses and organizations worldwide:

Angered by the government's delay in paying long-promised bonuses, soldiers took to the streets in cities across THIS country, firing shots into the air and blocking roads:

Candidates in both the U.S. and French presidential elections were the victims of hacking, making candidates in the upcoming German elections nervous. Germany's elections will take place when?

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan voiced his unequivocal opposition to the U.S.'s announcement that it would give arms to THIS group:

France abolished its monarchy and declared the First Republic in 1792, which was followed by other forms of government, including a military consul, a return to the monarchy, a couple of empires and a few more republics. This week, Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated as the eighth president of THIS republic, established by de Gaulle in 1958:

Protestors took to the streets in THIS Russian city to express their opposition to plans to demolish Soviet-era apartment blocks and resettle nearly one million residents:

A solo artist from THIS country won the 62nd annual Eurovision song contest this week, held in Kiev and marked by controversy when host country Ukraine refused to allow Russia to participate:

The president of THIS country pledged $124 billion this week for the Belt and Road Initiative, designed to strengthen economic ties between his nation and its trading partners in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The initiative includes support for developing nations and international organizations.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an outbreak of THIS disease, after one person was confirmed to have died from it in the Democratic Republic of Congo: