Editing 2018 (section)

=== February ===
* [[February 4]] 
** The second round of voting of the [[2018 Cypriot presidential election]] is held and [[incumbent]] [[President of Cyprus|president]] [[Nicos Anastasiades]] is reelected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election result: Cyprus Presidency 2018, second round – European Polling Report |date=February 4, 2018 |url=https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-second-round |access-date=2022-03-11 |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225656/https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-second-round |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Anastasiades wins Cyprus presidency |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-21572850 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225655/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-21572850 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-02-04 |title=Cyprus president Anastasiades wins run-off to land second term |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-copy-idUSKBN1FO0QB |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225656/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-copy-idUSKBN1FO0QB |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Emily |date=2018-02-04 |title=Cyprus President Anastasiades Beats Leftist Challenger, Wins Another 5-Year Term |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583134836/cyprus-president-anastasiades-beats-leftist-challenger-wins-another-5-year-term |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225655/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583134836/cyprus-president-anastasiades-beats-leftist-challenger-wins-another-5-year-term |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2018 Costa Rican general election]]: The first round of voting of the presidential election and legislative election are held.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-02-05 |title=Costa Rica poll goes into runoff as evangelical leads |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42938510 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107214622/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42938510 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 6]] – [[SpaceX]] successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the [[Falcon Heavy]], from [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC39A]] at [[John F. Kennedy Space Center]] in [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42969020|title=Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launches successfully|work=BBC News|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206210153/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42969020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 9]]–[[February 25|25]] – The [[2018 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], [[South Korea]].<ref name="olympic1">{{cite web|title=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics - Next Winter Olympic Games in Korea|url=http://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics|publisher=Olympic.org|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305025326/http://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 10]] – [[Kay Goldsworthy]] becomes the first female [[archbishop]] in the [[Anglican Communion]] on her installation in the [[Anglican Diocese of Perth]], [[Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/08/first-female-archbishop-elected-in-australia.aspx|title=First female Archbishop elected in Australia|website=Anglicannews.org|date=2017-08-30|access-date=2017-09-05|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411161438/http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/08/first-female-archbishop-elected-in-australia.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 11]] – [[2018 Monegasque general election]]: The [[Priorité Monaco]] party, led by [[Stéphane Valeri]], won 21 out of the 24 seats in the [[National Council (Monaco)|National Council]].<ref>{{cite web |author=La Mairie de Monaco |url=https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/le-scrutin-en-chiffres |title=Le scrutin en chiffres - Elections Nationales 2018 - Les résultats - Annonces - Site officiel de la Mairie de Monaco |at=43.74;7.43 |publisher=Mairie.mc |date= |access-date=2022-03-15 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020034506/https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/le-scrutin-en-chiffres |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=La Mairie de Monaco |url=https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/les-resultats-par-liste |title=Les résultats par liste - Elections Nationales 2018 - Les résultats - Annonces - Site officiel de la Mairie de Monaco |at=43.74;7.43 |publisher=Mairie.mc |date= |access-date=2022-03-15 |archive-date=September 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911043625/https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/les-resultats-par-liste |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[February 14]]
** [[Jacob Zuma]] resigns as [[President of South Africa]] after nine years in power.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zuma bows to party pressure and quits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43066443 |website=BBC News |access-date=July 13, 2018 |date=February 15, 2018 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116030647/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43066443 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting|A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School]] in [[Parkland, Florida]] is one of the [[List of school massacres by death toll|deadliest school massacres]] with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wptv.com/news/state/shooting-investigated-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-broward-county|title=Sheriff: Broward Co. school shooter in custody, 14 victims|date=February 14, 2018|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128004427/https://www.wptv.com/news/state/shooting-investigated-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-broward-county|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] – [[Kizlyar church shooting]]: a man carrying a knife and a [[double-barreled shotgun]] opens fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in [[Kizlyar]], [[Dagestan]], killing five women and injuring several other people; the perpetrator is shot and killed by police.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Andrew E.|last2=Callimachi|first2=Rukmini|date=18 February 2018|title=ISIS Claims Deadly Attack on Church in Russian Region of Dagestan|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/russia-dagestan-attack.html |access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423123421/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/russia-dagestan-attack.html|url-status=live}}</ref>