Interactive: the 24 most significant world news events this year North Korea had conducted a third controversial nuclear test, thumbing its nose at international efforts to prevent the detonation, and the Syrian regime continued to wage war against opposition rebels and is widely thought to be responsible for an August chemical attack that killed 1,400 people. An illegal garment factory collapsed in Dhaka in April, killing more that 1,100 poorly paid workers, and as many as 6,000 people died in November when Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the Philippines. Design: Scott Jones Development: Jack Kempster, Dan Palmer Editors: Joel Gunter, Chris Irvine Contributors: David Blair, Alex Spillius, Julian Ryall, Aislinn Laing, Eleanor Steafel, Hannah Strange, Fiona Govan, Nick Squires, Bruno Waterfield, Jon Swaine, Dean Nelson, Rob Crilly, Raf Sanchez, Richard Spencer, Ruth Sherlock, Malcolm Moore, Mike Pflanz, Peter Foster, Tom Phillips, Damien McElroy