2017 Russian protests Russian police arrest 290 protesters calling on President Vladimir Putin to resign.
Natural History Museum A car mounts the pedestrian sidewalk near the Natural History Museum on Exhibition Road, and injures 11 people. London police believe the incident is not terror related. They arrested the driver but later released him.
2017 Madagascar plague outbreak Since August 1, another round of pneumonic, bubonic, and septicemic plague spreads in Madagascar, killing at least 45 people.
Liquefied natural gas An explosion at a liquefied natural gas depot leads to a second explosion at a gas station in Legon, a suburb of the Ghanaian capital Accra, killing at least seven people and injuring sixty-eight more.
2017 Atlantic hurricane season The Federal Communications Commission approves Google's plan to restore some cell phone service in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico with Project Loon balloons.
Hurricane Nate makes landfall near the mouth of Mississippi River and near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.
Saudi A Saudi national opens fire at the Al-Salam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing two guards and injuring three others. Security guards shoot and kill the gunman.