Editing 2024 (section)

=== March ===
[[File:Владимир Путин (08-03-2024) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Vladimir Putin]] was re-elected in the [[2024 Russian presidential election]], held from March 15 to 17.]]
* [[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>{{cite web |title=Sweden officially joins NATO |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_223446.htm |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=7 March 2024 |work=NATO |archive-date=March 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331212531/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_223446.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sweden finally joins Nato after nearly two-year wait |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/sweden-joins-nato-after-ratification-hungary-drops-opposition |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=7 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609045522/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/sweden-joins-nato-after-ratification-hungary-drops-opposition |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – [[2024 Portuguese legislative election]]: The [[Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)|Democratic Alliance]] wins a plurality of seats and forms a minority government amid losses by the incumbent [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] and major gains by the right-wing [[Chega (political party)|Chega]] party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-10 |title=Portugal election sees above-average turnout in very tight contest |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/portugual-election-above-average-participation/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310154709/https://www.politico.eu/article/portugual-election-above-average-participation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vock |first=Ido |date=21 March 2024 |title=Luís Montenegro: Centre-right leader invited to form minority government |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68622683 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321051720/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68622683 |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – Haitian acting [[Prime Minister of Haiti|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Henry]] announces his pending resignation from both offices amid an ongoing [[Haitian crisis (2018–present)|crisis]] marked by [[Gang war in Haiti|gang warfare]] in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-12 |title=Haiti's prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68541349 |access-date=2024-03-13 |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313111145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68541349 |url-status=live }}</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>{{cite web |title=World's first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |access-date=13 March 2024 |date=14 March 2024 |work=CNBC |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313120308/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – The [[United Nations]] estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the [[Gaza war]] were women and children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=UN says women and children account for at least 56% of Gaza war deaths |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240514-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-white-house-sees-no-genocide-in-gaza-condemns-aid-convoy-attacks |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828094117/https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240514-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-white-house-sees-no-genocide-in-gaza-condemns-aid-convoy-attacks |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 15]]–[[March 17|17]] – [[2024 Russian presidential election]]: Incumbent [[Vladimir Putin]] is reelected for a fifth term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-presidential-vote-starts-final-day-with-accusations-kyiv-sabotage-2024-03-17/|access-date=18 March 2024|date=18 March 2024|work=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[March 22]] – [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province|Islamic State]]-affiliated gunmen [[Crocus City Hall attack|attack concertgoers]] at [[Crocus City Hall]] in [[Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast|Krasnogorsk]], Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2024 |title=Death toll from concert hall attack in Russia's Moscow region rises to 144 |website=AA |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-concert-hall-attack-in-russia-s-moscow-region-rises-to-144/3178519 |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330062453/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-concert-hall-attack-in-russia-s-moscow-region-rises-to-144/3178519 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – [[2024 Senegalese presidential election]]: [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]] is elected [[President of Senegal|president]] after [[PASTEF|his party]] and its former candidate [[Ousmane Sonko]] were disqualified.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-25 |title=Senegal's little-known opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the next president |url=https://apnews.com/article/senegal-election-polls-1a9ab8ceab4ecde9b9cce412717dce31 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327003841/https://apnews.com/article/senegal-election-polls-1a9ab8ceab4ecde9b9cce412717dce31 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – The [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] passes [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2728|a resolution]] calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in the [[Gaza war]] and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all [[Gaza war hostage crisis|hostages]].<ref>{{cite web |title=UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68658415 |access-date=25 March 2024 |date=25 March 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325151053/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68658415 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 26]] – A [[MV Dali|container ship]] collides with the [[Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)|Francis Scott Key Bridge]] in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, United States, causing [[Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse|a total collapse of the bridge]] and the deaths of six people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=Here's what you should know about the Key Bridge collapse |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-28-24/index.html |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328105627/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-28-24/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><!--Please, the tag should not be removed until a conclusion is reached in the open discussion on the Talk Page of the article.-->
* [[March 31]] 
** [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] become members of the [[Schengen Area]] through sea and air routes.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 March 2024|title=Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen area|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1722|access-date=30 March 2024|website=European Commission|archive-date=March 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330150353/https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1722|url-status=live}}</ref>
**  [[2024 Turkish local elections]]: [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] wins 37.8% of the vote, marking its first victory in a popular vote since 1977 and the first nationwide defeat for the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebrahim |first=Scott McLean, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Nadeen |date=2024-04-01 |title=Turkey's Erdogan dealt major election blow as opposition party wins big cities |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/01/middleeast/turkey-local-election-blow-erdogan-opposition-mime-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807103050/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/01/middleeast/turkey-local-election-blow-erdogan-opposition-mime-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:39726 Khamenei prayer dead.jpg|thumb|Sixteen people were killed in [[Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus|an Israeli attack in Damascus]] on April 1]]