On this day — August 24

Around 300 people are killed.

the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the European Southern Observatory.

it is the largest in that area since 1989.

perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.

Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.

Makwanpur, Nepal, killing all 14 people on board.

Zacapa, Guatemala, killing 11 people.

near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.

forcing the pilots to conduct an emergency landing in the Azores.