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. 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. Israel's war on Gaza led to widespread protests<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite 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, including an attack using explosives-laden communication devices, and carrying out a bombing of its headquarters which resulted in the killing of the Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah.<ref>Template:Cite 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. 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Many of these incumbent losses were historic.<ref>Template:Cite 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 have 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 independence in 1960.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In Sri Lanka, voters delivered a landslide victory to the National People's Power, previously a minor party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Republican Donald Trump won the 2024 United States presidential election, becoming the first U.S. president to be elected to a non-consecutive second term since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The French and German governments lost votes of no confidence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In December 2024, 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
Events
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- January 1
- Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref>
- The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved following the recapture of the Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan (Noto Peninsula), killing at least 504 people and injuring 1,389 others.<ref name="CMO">Template:Cite report</ref><ref name="ANSS1">Template:Cite web</ref> A further 5 are killed the next day when a Coast Guard aircraft carrying humanitarian aid was involved in a collision with a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet are evacuated safely.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 2 – 2023 Marshallese general election: The Legislature of the Marshall Islands elects Hilda Heine as President for a second non-consecutive term during its first session following the general election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 3 – 2024 Kerman bombings: An Islamic State double bombing kills 94 people during a memorial event commemorating the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The bombing was carried out using two briefcase bombs placed at the entrance that were detonated remotely.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 7 – 2024 Bangladeshi general election: The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, wins a 4th consecutive term amid protests by opposition parties and a large drop in voter turnout.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 8
- Said Abdullahi Deni is elected President of Puntland by the Puntland Parliament after three rounds in the 2024 Punttland presidential election.<ref>Lawmakers Reelect President of Oil-Rich Somali Puntland Region</ref>
- 2024 Ecuadorian conflict: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar from prison. The military was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime curfew.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 9 – Two Polish MPs: former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his then-deputy Maciej Wasik, are arrested by police inside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw following a legal dispute over their conviction and pardon for Template:Ill.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 23 January, President Andrzej Duda pardoned them for the second time, and the police released them from prison.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 11 – Riots break out throughout Papua New Guinea after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 12 – Operation Prosperity Guardian: A U.S.-led coalition launches airstrikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' attacks on ships in the Red Sea.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 13 – 2024 Taiwanese presidential election: Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party wins with 40% of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 14
- Margrethe II formally abdicates as Queen of Denmark on the 52nd anniversary of her accession, with her eldest son Frederik succeeding her as King Frederik X.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2024 Comorian presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, incumbent president Azali Assoumani wins re-election with 62.9% of the vote and only 16.3% voter turnout.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 15 – Following a brief political crisis in the aftermath of the 2023 elections, Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as the 52nd President of Guatemala.<ref name="AP News 2023">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="delay">Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 16 – Iran carries out a series of missile and drone strikes within Balochistan, Pakistan, claiming that it had targeted the Iranian Baloch militant group Jaish ul-Adl.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 18 – Pakistan conducts retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 19 – Japan becomes the 5th country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 24 – 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash: A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying (according to Russia) 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 6 crew members, and 3 guards crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everyone on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 26
- Gaza war: The UN's International Court of Justice rules that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but stops short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 Tuvaluan general election: Kausea Natano, the incumbent Prime Minister of Tuvalu, loses reelection to Parliament.<ref name=":03">Template:Cite web</ref> A month later, Feleti Teo was elected prime minister.<ref name="R24-2-26">Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 31 – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
February
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- February 2 – The US launches airstrikes on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 4
- President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82, and is succeeded by his vice-president Nangolo Mbumba.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2024 Salvadoran general election: Incumbent President Nayib Bukele wins the election with over 80% of the vote, becoming the first president to be reelected in El Salvador since 1944.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 6 – Former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 7 – 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, President Ilham Aliyev is reelected to a 5th term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Alexander Stubb - 2024 (73516) (cropped).jpg February 8 – 2024 Pakistani general election: Independent politicians, most of whom are members of the banned political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, win a plurality of seats in the National Assembly.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Alexander Stubb is elected in the closest presidential election in Finnish history on February 11. - February 11 – 2024 Finnish presidential election: In the closest presidential election in Finnish history, Alexander Stubb is elected president in the second round.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 14 – 2024 Indonesian general election: Prabowo Subianto wins the presidential election, and the Democratic Party of Struggle wins the most votes in the legislative election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 16 – Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, dies under mysterious circumstances at the age of 47.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 22 – American company Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander becomes the first commercial vehicle to land on the Moon.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 28 – 2024 Haitian jailbreak: A state of emergency is declared by the Haitian government after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 29 – Gaza war: Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces open fire on a crowd of civilians in Gaza City, killing more than 100 people, as the Palestinian casualties of the war exceed 30,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- March 7 – As the final Nordic country to join the alliance, Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member after Finland a year earlier.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 10 – 2024 Portuguese legislative election: The Democratic Alliance wins a plurality of seats and forms a minority government amid losses by the incumbent Socialist Party and major gains by the right-wing Chega party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 11 – Haitian acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces his pending resignation from both offices amid an ongoing crisis marked by gang warfare in the country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- March 13 – The Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, is passed by the European Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 14 – The United Nations estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the Gaza war were women and children.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 15–17 – 2024 Russian presidential election: Incumbent Vladimir Putin is reelected for a fifth term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 22 – Islamic State-affiliated gunmen attack concertgoers at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 24 – 2024 Senegalese presidential election: Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected president after his party and its former candidate Ousmane Sonko were disqualified.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 25 – The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in the Gaza war and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 26 – A container ship collides with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, causing a total collapse of the bridge and the deaths of six people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 31
- Bulgaria and Romania become members of the Schengen Area through sea and air routes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 Turkish local elections: CHP wins 37.8% of the vote, marking its first victory in a popular vote since 1977 and the first nationwide defeat for the AKP.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
April
[edit]- April 1 – Israel attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people.<ref name="cghs2">Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 3 – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of Template:Convert hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 4 – 2024 Kuwaiti general election: Opposition candidates maintain a majority in the National Assembly.<ref name="ajresult">Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 5 – Ecuadorian police raid the Mexican embassy in Quito in order to arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum by Mexico. This action violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and Mexico and Nicaragua break off diplomatic relations with Ecuador.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- April 6 – Peter Pellegrini is elected President of Slovakia in the second round of the 2024 Slovak presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse is visible across North America.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
- April 9 – After Leo Varadkar resigned, Fine Gael leader Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest Taoiseach after a Dáil vote of 88–69 and being appointed by President Michael D. Higgins.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 10 – 2024 South Korean legislative election: The Democratic Party and Democratic Alliance wins 176 seats, while the People Power and People Future, to which President Yoon Suk Yeol belongs, wins only 108 seats.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 13 – Iran launches retaliatory strikes against Israel after an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus earlier in the month.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 16 – 2024 Persian Gulf floods: At least 32 people are killed when heavy rainfall strikes the Middle East, causing flash flooding. This caused many disruptions for Emirates Airlines at Dubai International Airport.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 17
- 2024 Solomon Islands general election: Incumbent Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare's OUR Party wins a plurality of seats.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 Croatian parliamentary election: Incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković's Croatian Democratic Union coalition wins a plurality of seats.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 19 – Israel conducts airstrikes against Iran, in response to Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel earlier on April 13.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 25 – Following the resignation of Haiti's acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the Transitional Presidential Council takes power as the new head of state of Haiti.<ref name="sworn in">Template:Cite news</ref>
- April 29
- Floods in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul cause dozens of deaths and leave thousands homeless.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 50 people are killed, and 84 are reported missing, when a railway embankment fails near Mai Mahiu, Kenya, adding to the devastation caused by wider floods in Kenya and Tanzania which have caused the deaths of 488 people and the displacement of 503,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
File:Ceremonia de transmisión de mando de Panama (cropped).jpg José Raúl Mulino wins the 2024 Panamanian general election on May 5
- April 30 – The G7 countries agree to phase out unabated coal power by 2030–2035.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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May
[edit]- May 5 – 2024 Panamanian general election: José Raúl Mulino is elected president.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 6 – 2024 Chadian presidential election: Mahamat Déby wins election to a full term as president, succeeding his father Idriss Déby.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 7–11 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is held in Malmö, Sweden.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Swiss contestant Nemo wins with the song "The Code".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 8 – In North Macedonian elections, the right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE wins in a landslide in the parliamentary elections, while its presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is elected as the first female president of the country in the second round of the presidential election.<ref name="apwoman">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 10
- The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution to grant the State of Palestine the right to be seated among member states in alphabetical order. This will go into effect at the next session of the UN General Assembly on 10 September 2024.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
File:Aurora Australis From Melbourne.jpg A series of solar storms and intense solar flares impact the Earth, rated G5 by NOAA, creating aurorae at more southerly and northerly latitudes than usual. This was the first G5 storm since 2003.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>A series of solar storms impact the Earth, creating aurorae seen at more southerly and northerly latitudes than normal. Aurorae seen on May 12 from southern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia File:Luis Abinader (25-04-2024).jpg Luis Abinader won the 2024 Dominican Republic general election on May 19
- May 15
- Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, is succeeded by former Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as prime minister, ahead of the next general election to be held by 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and hospitalized while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- May 19
- 2024 Dominican Republic general election: Incumbent Luis Abinader is reelected for a second term as president.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- A coup d'état attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reportedly led by Christian Malanga leads to unrest in Kinshasa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Government soldiers quickly intervene, arresting the coup leaders and reportedly restoring calm.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 20 – The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar over alleged war crimes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Gitanas Nausėda 2023.jpg Incumbent president Gitanas Nausėda wins a landslide victory on May 26 in the 2024 Lithuanian Presidential Election for a second term in office. - May 24
- The UN's highest court, the ICJ, rules that Israel must halt its military offensive in Rafah, southern Gaza.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- A major landslide in Papua New Guinea kills 160–2,000+ people, with many more buried.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 26 – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election: Incumbent president Gitanas Nausėda wins a landslide victory for a second term in office.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 28 – Spain, Ireland and Norway recognize the State of Palestine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 29
- 2024 South African general election: The ANC party fails to win a majority of the vote for the first time in South Africa's democratic history.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election: President Andry Rajoelina's party, Tanora Malagasy Vonona, loses their majority at the National Assembly, winning only 80 seats out of 163.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 30 – Former United States President Donald Trump is found guilty on 34 counts in his hush money trial, the first time any American president had been found guilty of a crime.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June
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- The 2024 Indian general election, which began on April 19, concludes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the Lok Sabha, the BJP party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, retains its majority.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- The 2024 Icelandic presidential election is held, with Halla Tómasdóttir elected president of Iceland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 1–29 – The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States, and is won by India.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 2 – The 2024 Mexican general election is held, with Claudia Sheinbaum elected as president of Mexico.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 5 – Starliner Crewed Flight Test launches atop an Atlas V rocket to the ISS.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 6–9 – The 2024 European Parliament election is held. The EPP, of incumbent Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, retains its status as the largest group in parliament amid notable gains by far-right political groups.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 9
- 2024 San Marino general election: The Democracy and Freedom alliance, headed by the PDCS, wins a plurality in the Grand and General Council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 Belgian federal election: The New Flemish Alliance remains the largest party in the Chamber of Representatives while Open Vld, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, loses seats.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: Boyko Borisov's coalition GERB–SDS wins a plurality of seats but fails to form a stable government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:2010-10-23 11-13-59 Malawi - Chileka.jpg June 10 – A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima.<ref name=apfound>Template:Cite web</ref>A plane crash on June 10 near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima - 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 14 – 2024 South African general election: The ANC and other opposition parties agree to form a national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa.<ref name="ancda">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="ramaphosare-elected">Template:Cite news</ref>
- June 14 – July 14 – UEFA Euro 2024 is held in Germany, and is won by Spain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 20 – July 14 – The 2024 Copa América is held in the United States, and is won by Argentina.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- June 23
- On the Grand Duke's Official Birthday, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg announces that his son and heir Guillaume will assume royal duties beginning in October, in preparation for Henri's eventual abdication.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:RUEDA DE PRENSA CONJUNTA ENTRE CANCILLER RICARDO PATIÑO Y JULIAN ASSANGE (cropped).jpg 2024 Hajj disaster: More than 1,300 people are reported to have died due to extreme heat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Julian Assange was freed from prison on June 24 - 2024 Dagestan attacks: Two coordinated attacks occur in the cities of Makhachkala and Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan in southern Russia, injuring 46 and killing 28 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 24 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the United Kingdom after being freed from prison in a plea deal with the United States. He returns to his native Australia two days later.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 26 – A failed coup d'état attempt in La Paz, Bolivia is led by the former General Commander Juan José Zúñiga.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 28 – 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election: The Mongolian People's Party wins a reduced majority of seats in the State Great Khural amid gains by the Democratic Party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 29
- 2024 Mauritanian presidential election: Incumbent president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins re-election to a second term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 Borno State bombings: 30 people are killed and 100 are injured when three separate bomb blasts occur in the town of Gwoza in Borno State, Nigeria.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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July
[edit]- July 1 – Hurricane Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record after devastating the island of Carriacou, Grenada.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- July 4 – 2024 United Kingdom general election: Sir Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory, returning the party to government for the first time in 14 years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 5 – 2024 Iranian presidential election: Masoud Pezeshkian is elected president of Iran.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 7 – 2024 French legislative election: The left-wing New Popular Front wins the most seats in the National Assembly, upsetting a first-round victory by the far-right National Rally, but fails to achieve a majority.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 9–11 – The 33rd NATO summit is held in Washington, D.C.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 13 – While campaigning for the 2024 United States presidential election, former President Donald Trump is shot in the right ear in an assassination attempt at a rally he held near Butler, Pennsylvania.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 15 – 2024 Rwandan general election: Incumbent Paul Kagame is reelected for a fourth term.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
File:7.Bangladesh quota reform movement 2024.jpg July 19The Student–People's uprising breaks out in Bangladesh - Global IT outages impact a variety of businesses and organisations across the world.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 75 people are killed during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. The government of Bangladesh imposes a curfew.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 21 – Incumbent United States President Joe Biden ends his candidacy in the 2024 United States presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- July 22 – Landslides kill 257 people and bury two villages in Geze Gofa, Gofa Zuria, Ethiopia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- July 23 – China brokers a unity agreement between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to form a single government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 26 – August 11 – The 2024 Summer Olympics are held in Paris, France.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The controversial opening ceremony<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the boxing match of Luca Hámori and Imane Khelif spark international debate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Machado y González protestando contra el fraude presidencial en Venezuela de 2024.jpg July 28 – 2024 Venezuelan presidential election: Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro declares victory against opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia amid alleged irregularities, causing numerous South American states to refuse to acknowledge the results or suspend diplomatic relations with the Maduro government and sparking nationwide protests.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>María Corina Machado and Edmundo González along with his wife, addressing supporters in Caracas following the 2024 presidential election results - July 30
- At least 334 people are killed, over 200 injured, and 281 missing following landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala, India.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Israel carries out an airstrike in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, who it accused of ordering the Majdal Shams attack.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 United Kingdom riots: Far-right riots break out throughout the United Kingdom in response to a mass stabbing in Southport, England.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 31
- Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated at his residence in Tehran, Iran.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Moussa Dadis Camara, the former military ruler of Guinea, is found guilty of crimes against humanity in the massacres that occurred in 2009 and is sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Guinean court.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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August
[edit]- August 1 – 2024 American–Russian prisoner exchange: 26 individuals are released from Ankara Esenboğa Airport in the largest prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia since the Cold War.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- August 3 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam elects Tô Lâm as the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, succeeding Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who died on July 19.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 5 – Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina announces her resignation and flees to India following nationwide protests.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 6 – Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip, is appointed as the chairman of Hamas' political bureau.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 7 – The Move Forward Party is dissolved and Pita Limjaroenrat, alongside other senior politicians from the party, are banned from politics by the Constitutional Court of Thailand.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 8 – Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus assumes office as Chief Adviser of an interim government formed after Sheikh Hasina's resignation in Bangladesh.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 9 – Voepass Flight 2283, an ATR 72, crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
File:Paetongtarn Shinawatra October 2023.jpg August 11 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the Ukrainian military is conducting a cross-border offensive inside Russia's western Kursk Oblast. Russia says that 76,000 people have been evacuated from the region.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Paetongtarn Shinawatra succeeds Srettha Thavisin as Prime Minister of Thailand after the latter's dismissal by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on August 14 - August 14
- The World Health Organization (WHO) declares mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in two years, following the spread of the virus in African countries.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses the Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet who had a prison sentence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Paetongtarn Shinawatra succeeds him as Prime Minister of Thailand.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 17 – Indonesia's 79th Independence Day celebration is held in Nusantara. The celebration is supposed to inaugurate Nusantara as the new capital of Indonesia, but this does not occur due to delays.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 23 – In Solingen, Germany, a Syrian immigrant stabs three people to death, which leads to the intensification of the debate on migration in Germany.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 24 – In Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, 600 civilians are victims of a massacre by Islamists associated with Al-Qaeda.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 25 – The Israel Defense Forces begin a series of preemptive strikes against targets in the south of Lebanon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 28 – September 8 – The 2024 Summer Paralympics are held in Paris, France.<ref name="Paris-2024">Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 31 – A helicopter crashed in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, killing all 22 occupants on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September
[edit]- September 2 – The Brazilian Supreme Court upholds a decision to block the social media platform X (also known as Twitter) over what the Brazilian government determined to be rampant disinformation and Elon Musk's failure to name a legal representative to the country.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- September 7 – 2024 Algerian presidential election: Incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune is reelected for a second term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:ECDM 20240912 ST Central Eastern Europe.pdf Weather in Central Europe on 12 September, right before floods - September 12
- Heavy rainfall in Central Europe triggers the worst flooding in the region since 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The first commercial spacewalk is conducted by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as part of the Polaris Dawn mission, which also includes the highest altitude orbit by a human crew since the Apollo program.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- September 15 – Ryan Wesley Routh is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida. Ryan is later captured and arrested, and a trial date has been set for 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 17–18 – Thirty-two people are killed and more than 3,200 are injured after pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah militants and medics explode in two massive cyberattacks. Israel is the presumed perpetrator.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 20 – Israel assassinates Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil and ten other senior leaders in Beirut following an intensification of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of the pager explosions that occurred earlier in the week.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 21 – 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election: Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected President of Sri Lanka, with a second round of vote counting held for the first time in Sri Lanka's history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Hurricane Helene Landfall on KTLH radar loop 2024-09-27.gif Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States on September 26 - September 23 – The deadliest day of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict since 2006 occurs, with 569 people killed and 1,835 wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 27 – The Israeli Air Force bombs the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, killing several people, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 29 – 2024 Austrian legislative election: Far-right Freedom Party secures a historical victory, but does not reach a majority in the National Council. The results are deemed the first far-right win since World War II.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 30 – The UK becomes the first G7 country to phase out coal power for electric generation, after 142 years of using the energy source.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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[edit]- October 1
- The Israel Defense Forces invade southern Lebanon, escalating its conflict against Hezbollah.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Japanese parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister of Japan, with members from the Liberal Democratic Party forming the majority.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following his appointment, he reveals his cabinet and calls for a snap election on October 27, securing a national mandate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Iran attacks Israel with ballistic missiles as a response to Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and Ismail Haniyeh.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 3–20 – The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is held in the United Arab Emirates, and is won by New Zealand.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 6
- The 2024 Kazakh nuclear power referendum is held and approved.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 Tunisian presidential election: Incumbent Kais Saied is reelected for a second term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Yahya Sinwar portrait 3x4.jpg October 7 – Hurricane Milton becomes the fourth most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, and the most intense storm in the Gulf of Mexico tying with Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton is also the first hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, was killed on October 16 - October 9 – 2024 Mozambican general election: Daniel Chapo is elected president while the ruling FRELIMO party retains a majority in the Assembly of the Republic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 12 – The long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), described as the "comet of the century", makes its closest approach to Earth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 13 – SpaceX achieves the first successful return and capture of a Super Heavy booster from Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 14 – The Europa Clipper spacecraft is launched to investigate Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 16 – Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, is killed in a gunfight with Israeli forces in Rafah.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 20
- The 2024 Moldovan European Union membership referendum is held and narrowly approved.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the president and vice president of Indonesia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Duma Boko 2025.png October 21 – The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Lương Cường as the new president of Vietnam. He replaced Tô Lâm, who was formally promoted to the general secretary of the Communist Party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Duma Boko won the 2024 Botswana general election on October 30 - October 24 – The first case of the 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 26 – 2024 Georgian parliamentary election: Amid suspicions of interference, ruling pro-Russian party Georgian Dream wins a majority.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 27
- 2024 Japanese general election: The governing LDP loses its parliamentary majority for the first time since 2009, but still wins the most seats. The CDP wins its best result in party history.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: Boyko Borsiov's coalition GERB-SDS successfully forms a government after 6 snap elections.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election: The leftist opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania wins a majority.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 30
- 2024 Botswana general election: The ruling BDP party is voted out of power, ending 58 years of uninterrupted governance.<ref name="News24Botswana"/> Duma Boko of the UDC party is elected President of Botswana.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November
[edit]- November 3 – 2024 Moldovan presidential election: Incumbent Maia Sandu is re-elected for a second term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 5
- 2024 United States presidential election: Donald Trump, with his running mate JD Vance, is elected for a second non-consecutive term, the first candidate to do so since Grover Cleveland in 1892,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and only the second in American history.
- 2024 Palauan general election: Incumbent Surangel Whipps Jr. is reelected for a second term as president.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismisses FDP leader Christian Lindner from his position as finance minister, leading to two other FDP ministers resigning and the collapse of the governing coalition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 9 – A suicide bombing at the Quetta railway station in Balochistan, Pakistan kills at least 26 people. The bombing was orchestrated by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and is the first time that the organization had attacked the center of Quetta.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 10 – 2024 Mauritian general election: The electoral alliance Lepep of incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is defeated by that of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, with the latter taking all but two seats.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Саммит лидеров COP29 12 ноября 2024 (cropped).jpg COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11–22 - November 11–22 – COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 12 – Justin Welby announces his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury following the publication of a report critical of his handling of the abuse of children within the Church of England by John Smyth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 13 – 2024 Somaliland presidential election: Opposition candidate Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the Waddani party is elected president.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 14 – 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power coalition wins a supermajority in the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 15 – The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Is rediscovered in the Elba Protected Area of Southeast Egypt, 5,000 years after the species was believed to have been extirpated from the region.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
File:Boualem Sansal (cropped).jpg French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in Algiers on November 16. - November 16
- The 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum is held and approved.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- French-Algerian dissident writer Boualem Sansal is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in Algiers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 17 – 2024 Senegalese parliamentary election: President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party PASTEF wins an absolute majority at the National Assembly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 21
- The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif on accusations of war crimes committed during the Gaza war.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Terrorists in Peshawar, Pakistan, ambush a group of vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims, killing 46 and injuring 20.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Researchers using the Very Large Telescope announce the first-ever "close-up" image of a star outside the Milky Way Galaxy, WOH G64.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah(cropped).jpg Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is elected as the first female president of Namibia on November 27.
- November 24 – 2024 Uruguayan general election: Leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi is elected president.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- November 26 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that a ceasefire deal has been agreed to end fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 27 – 2024 Namibian general election: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the SWAPO party is elected as the first female president of Namibia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 29 – 2024 Irish general election: Centre-right party Fianna Fáil remains the largest party in Dáil Éireann, increasing its number of seats to 48.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 30
- 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election: Opposition party Social Democratic Alliance wins 15 seats in the Althing, with the incumbent Independence Party winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved a majority.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Syrian civil war: Opposition forces seize control of most of Aleppo, Syria, prompting the first Russian airstrikes on the city since 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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December
[edit]- December 1 – 2024 Romanian parliamentary election: The incumbent National Coalition for Romania wins a plurality of votes, with far-right parties making substantial gains.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:20241214 ROK NA Speaker Woo Won Shik signing the resolution to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol 02.jpg Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-shik signing the article of impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol following the South Korean martial law crisis on December 3 - December 3 – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law during a late-night address broadcast live on YTN television, accusing the country's main opposition Democratic Party of sympathizing with North Korea and engaging in anti-state activities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 4
- 2024 French political crisis: Michel Barnier becomes the first prime minister of France to lose a motion of no-confidence since Georges Pompidou in 1962.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, is shot and killed by a lone gunman in Midtown Manhattan, sparking debate and criticism of the health insurance industry in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- December 6 – 2024 Romanian presidential election: The Constitutional Court of Romania annuls the results of the first round, amid accusations of Russian interference after the unexpected advancement of pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu to the runoff.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- December 7
- 2024 Ghanaian general election: John Mahama of the NDC is elected president for a second non-consecutive term.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- The Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens to the public after previously being damaged by a structural fire in 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Bashar al-Assad in May 2024.png President of Syria Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown as rebel forces captured the capital Damascus on December 8.
- December 8 – Syrian civil war: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flees from Damascus to Moscow after being overthrown, ending his presidency and the Ba'athist Syria regime after a total of 61 years. The Syrian opposition forms the Syrian transitional government as a provisional government.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- December 11 – FIFA announces that Morocco, Portugal and Spain will jointly host the 2030 World Cup, with anniversary matches to be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, while Saudi Arabia is confirmed as the host for 2034.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- December 12 – Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju defeats former world champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship, breaking the previous age record of 22 set by Garry Kasparov by becoming champion at 18 years, 195 days old.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- December 14
- 2024 Georgian presidential election: Mikheil Kavelashvili of People's Power is elected unopposed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's powers and duties are suspended after MPs vote to impeach him, following his martial law declaration the previous week.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Cyclone Chido makes landfall in Mayotte, causing at least 172 deaths and bringing devastating damage to the island.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 17 – The capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila, suffers extensive damage after a Template:M 7.3 earthquake. At least 16 people are killed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- December 19
- The Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán has granted political asylum to Polish MP of Law and Justice Marcin Romanowski, who is wanted on the European Arrest Warrant for being accused of defrauding 100 million zł from the Template:Ill (Justice Fund) when he was deputy minister of justice during the PiS government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 20 – Six people are killed, while another 235 are injured, after a car is driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Azerbaijan Airlines - Embraer 190AR (ERJ-190-100IGW) 4K-AZ65 Antalya Airport June 18, 2016 (cropped).jpg Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes near Aktau International Airport, Kazakhstan, on December 25 - December 21 – Thirty-nine people die and another seven are injured after a multiple-vehicle collision occurs on the BR-116 highway in Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is the deadliest traffic accident on federal highways in Brazil since 2007, when numbers were first monitored.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- December 24
- The 2025 Jubilee in the Catholic Church begins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 25 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR, crashes in Kazakhstan. Twenty-nine out of the 67 on board survive the crash.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:Boeing 737 Jeju Air at Fukuoka Airport.jpg Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes at Muan International Airport, South Korea on December 29 - December 27 – Acting President of South Korea Han Duck-soo is impeached by MPs for failing to promulgate two bills related to president Yoon's legal proceedings. He is succeeded by deputy prime minister Choi Sang-mok.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 29
- Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800 passenger flight from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, veers off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashes into a barrier, killing 179 people. Two injured survivors are reported.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- A truck carrying passengers falls off a bridge over the Ganale Doria River in Bona Zuria, Sidama Region, Ethiopia, killing 71 people and injuring 4 others.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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- Chemistry – David Baker, for computational protein design, and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, for protein structure prediction.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Economics – Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson, for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Literature – Han Kang, for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Physics – John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Physiology or Medicine – Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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