2024

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The year saw the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war, and the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel. Israel's war on Gaza led to widespread protests<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and spillover conflicts into numerous other countries, most notably Lebanon, which was invaded by Israel in October. This followed an intensification of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. In September, Israel escalated an offensive against the group, which resulted in the killing of the Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, had also been assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran in July, and his successor Yahya Sinwar was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in October. In November, heavy fighting resumed in the Syrian civil war, leading to the toppling of Ba'athist Syria, with Bashar al-Assad fleeing Syria in December. The year also saw a rise in activity by the Houthi movement which contributed to a crisis in the Red Sea that impacted global shipping.

Approximately 80 countries, representing around 4 billion people, conducted national elections throughout the course of the year,<ref name="Economist Election">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> including eight out of the ten most populous countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, Pakistan, Russia, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and the United States)<ref name="Economist Election" /> as well as France, the United Kingdom, and Japan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The European Parliament also held elections.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Among democracies, over 80% saw the incumbent party lose support compared to the last election,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> including many significant losses.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In countries like Japan, Botswana, and South Africa, incumbent parties that had dominated domestic politics for decades lost their majorities and either relinquished power or are holding on through coalitions with minor parties.<ref name="News24Botswana">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="losesmajority">Template:Cite news</ref> Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the 2024 Senegalese presidential election, becoming the first opposition candidate to win in the first round since the country's independence.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In Sri Lanka, voters delivered a landslide victory to the National People's Power, previously a minor party.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On November 5, 2024, Republican Donald Trump won the 2024 United States presidential election, becoming the first U.S. president to be elected to a nonconsecutive second term since 1892.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The French and German governments lost votes of no confidence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In December, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt to declare and impose martial law was thwarted by members of parliament, sparking a political crisis that led to his impeachment and the impeachment of acting president Han Duck-soo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Events

January

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Damage caused by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent fires in the city of Wajima, Japan

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  • January 11 – Riots break out throughout Papua New Guinea after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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February

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Sebastián Piñera, former President of Chile, died in a helicopter crash on February 6
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March

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Vladimir Putin was re-elected in the 2024 Russian presidential election, held from March 15 to 17.

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  • March 14 – The United Nations estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the Gaza war were women and children.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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MV Dali under collapsed segments of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Sixteen people were killed in an Israeli attack in Damascus on April 1

April

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The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 is visible across North America.
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest Taoiseach on April 9 after Leo Varadkar resigned

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May

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian are killed, along with seven other passengers and crew, in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan–Iran border on May 19.

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Incumbent president Gitanas Nausėda wins a landslide victory on May 26 in the 2024 Lithuanian Presidential Election for a second term in office.

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Halla Tómasdóttir wins the 2024 Icelandic presidential election on June 1.

June

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  • June 12 – The United Nations' first inquiry into the October 7 attacks and resulting conflict finds that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Donald Trump's ear was injured in an assassination attempt on July 13.

July

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Blue screens caused by a worldwide faulty CrowdStrike software update on July 19 at LaGuardia Airport, New York City
  • July 19
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  • July 30
    • At least 334 people are killed, over 200 injured, and 281 missing following landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala, India.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Twenty-six individuals are released on August 1 from Ankara Esenboğa Airport in the largest prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia since the Cold War.

August

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Tô Lâm succeeds Nguyễn Phú Trọng as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam on August 3

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Infrared satellite imagery of Typhoon Yagi making landfall over Hainan on September 6

September

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Weather in Central Europe on 12 September, right before floods

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Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States on September 26

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  • September 26 – Hurricane Helene, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Maria in 2017, makes landfall in Florida as a category four hurricane. It has a death toll of 236 and leaves more than 685 missing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Iran attacks Israel with ballistic missiles as a response to Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon on October 1

October

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  • October 29
    • 2024 Spanish floods: Spain experiences its worst flooding in half a century, with over 200 killed and many more missing, as a year's worth of rain falls in eight hours.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Donald Trump won the 2024 United States presidential election on November 5

November

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COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11–22

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    • French-Algerian dissident writer Boualem Sansal is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in Algiers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is elected as the first female president of Namibia on November 27.

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December

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Protest outside the National Assembly of South Korea shortly after the declaration declaration of martial law by president Yoon Suk Yeol on December 3

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President of Syria Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown as rebel forces captured the capital Damascus on December 8.

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    • Mazan rapes trial: The Judicial Court in Avignon, France, finds Dominique Pelicot guilty of the aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and imposes the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The 50 other defendants in the case are also convicted of crimes ranging from attempted rape to aggravated rape, and receive prison sentences ranging from three to 15 years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes near Aktau International Airport, Kazakhstan, on December 25

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    • The Parker Solar Probe breaks the previous record set in 2018 for the closest artificial object to the Sun by 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles), becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and "touch" the Sun.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes at Muan International Airport, South Korea on December 29

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Births

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Nobel Prizes

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  • Literature – Han Kang, for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Peace – Nihon Hidankyo, for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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