May 2017 was the fifth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Monday, ended on a Wednesday after 31 days.

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from May 2017.

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  • An explosion at a coal mine near Azadshahr, Iran, kills at least 35 miners and traps 39 others, according to state media. (BBC)
  • A car crash at an auto auction in Billerica, Massachusetts, kills at least three and injures nine, two critically. (CNN)

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  • France bans the breeding of killer whales and dolphins in captivity and orders aquariums and water parks to expand their pools within three years following a campaign by animal rights groups. (The Independent)
  • In China city of Weihai, authorities eventually concluded that what appeared to be an accident was a school bus driver driving students from China and South Korea to an international school set fire to the bus in a tunnel, killing two adults and 11 children. The bus driver who died was angry that his overtime allowance had been suspended. (CTGN) (New York Post)

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