Editing 2025 (section)

=== March ===
[[File:Blue Ghost Mission 1 rendering.jpg|thumb|A rendering of [[Blue Ghost Mission 1]] which landed on March 2]]
[[File:Mark Carney portrait May 2025 (4).jpg|thumb|In the [[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election]], [[Mark Carney]] becomes the leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] on March 9, becoming the [[Prime Minister of Canada]] five days later]]
[[File:Remains of night club in Kochani after the fire VOA-full.jpg|thumb|Remains of the Pulse nightclub in [[Kočani]], North Macedonia, where a [[Kočani nightclub fire|fire]] took place on March 16, killing 60 people and injuring 195 others ]]
[[File:Протесты в Анкаре из-за задержания Имамоглу.jpg|thumb|[[2025 Turkish protests|Anti-government protests]] break out across Turkey following [[Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu|the arrest]] of Istanbul mayor [[Ekrem İmamoğlu]] by [[General Directorate of Security (Turkey)|the national police]] on March 19]]
[[File:2018-10-17 Boxing lightweight Boys' –60 kg at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Victory ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 2.jpg|thumb|[[Kirsty Coventry]] is [[144th IOC Session|elected]] as first female and first African [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] on March 20]]
* [[March 2]] – [[Firefly Aerospace]] becomes the first commercial company to successfully [[Moon landing|land]] on the [[Moon]] with no technical issues, with its [[Blue Ghost Mission 1]].<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=2025-03-02 |title=Striking images show Blue Ghost Mission 1's successful moon landing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/02/private-firefly-aerospace-spacecraft-blue-ghost-makes-successful-upright-moon-landing |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US firm Firefly achieves its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/2/us-firm-firefly-achieves-its-first-moon-landing-with-blue-ghost-spacecraft |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 3]] – The [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] pauses [[List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War|military aid to Ukraine]], following the [[2025 Trump–Zelenskyy meeting|Oval Office meeting]] with [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy|Zelenskyy]] the previous week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-administration-ukraine-aid/index.html |date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] – [[Colossal Biosciences]] creates [[Woolly mouse|woolly mice]] as part of [[Revival of the woolly mammoth|de-extinction efforts for the woolly mammoth]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Chen |first1=Rui |title=Multiplex-edited mice recapitulate woolly mammoth hair phenotypes |date=2025-03-04 |url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.03.641227v1 |access-date=2025-03-05 |publisher=bioRxiv |language=en |doi=10.1101/2025.03.03.641227 |last2=Srirattana |first2=Kanokwan |last3=Coquelin |first3=Melissa L. |last4=Sampaio |first4=Rafael Vilar |last5=Wilson |first5=Raphael |last6=Ganji |first6=Rakesh |last7=Weston |first7=Jacob |last8=Ledesma |first8=Alba |last9=Beebe |first9=Jessie}}</ref>{{Efn|The mice were born in October 2024, but they were not disclosed to the public until March 2025.}}
* [[March 5]] – [[Sudan]] files an application against the [[United Arab Emirates]] before the [[International Court of Justice]], alleging violations of the [[Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide]] by the UAE through its support for the [[Rapid Support Forces|RSF]], which is responsible for the [[Masalit massacres (2023–present)|genocide in Darfur]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sudan takes UAE to world court over 'complicity in genocide' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w1nzpg5dgo |date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – More than 1000 people, including civilians, are reported [[2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites|killed in a crackdown]] by [[Syrian caretaker government|Syrian transitional government]] security forces in the [[Alawites|Alawite]] region, described as the country's worst violence for years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=More than 1000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hundreds-killed-syrian-crackdown-alawite-region-war-monitor-says-2025-03-08/ |date=8 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Reuters|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crknjgrd3geo |date=9 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=BBC News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kędzior |first1=Jakub |title=Krwawe walki w Syrii. Dramatyczny bilans strat, giną głównie cywile |url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/swiat/krwawe-walki-w-syrii-dramatyczny-bilans-strat-gina-glownie-cywile |publisher=Radio Zet |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=pl |date=9 March 2025}}</ref>
* [[March 8]]–[[March 17|17]] – The [[2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games]] is held in [[Turin]], Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Nomination open for Torino 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games |url=https://www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk/news/3821019/nomination-open-for-torino-2025-special-olympics-world-winter-games |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Special Olympics Great Britain |language=en |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217132314/https://www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk/news/3821019/nomination-open-for-torino-2025-special-olympics-world-winter-games |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 9]] – [[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election]]: Former [[governor of the Bank of Canada]] [[Mark Carney]] becomes the leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], becoming the [[Prime Minister of Canada]] five days later. He succeeds [[Justin Trudeau]], who resigned on 6 January.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curry |first=Bill |date=2025-03-09 |title=Mark Carney elected Liberal Leader in landslide victory |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-party-to-select-new-leader-ending-justin-trudeaus-nearly-12/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-swearing-in-pm-cabinet-1.7482871|title=Carney sworn in as prime minister with a reworked cabinet filled with new faces|first=John Paul|last=Tasker|publisher=CBC|date=March 14, 2025|access-date=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
* [[March 11]]
** The former [[President of the Philippines]], [[Rodrigo Duterte]], is [[Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte|arrested]] in the [[Philippines]] after being served an [[International Criminal Court investigation in the Philippines|arrest warrant]] from the [[International Criminal Court]] for [[crimes against humanity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1245792 |title=ICC warrant served: Palace says Duterte now under police custody |work=Philippine News Agency |last1=Esguerra |first1=Darryl John |date=March 11, 2025 |access-date=March 11, 2025 }}</ref>
** [[Balochistan Liberation Army]] militants [[2025 Jaffar Express hijacking|blow up railway tracks and hijack]] the [[Jaffar Express]] train bound from [[Quetta]] to [[Peshawar]] taking 450 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pakistan train hijack: Militants threaten to 'execute' hostages; over 400 onboard|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-balochistan-train-hijack-militants-threaten-to-execute-hostages-450-onboard-101741695180503.html|access-date=2025-03-11|website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>
** [[2025 Greenlandic general election]]: The center-right [[Democrats (Greenland)|Democrats]] become the largest party, defeating the incumbent [[Inuit Ataqatigiit]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jozwiak |first=Rikard |date=2025-03-09 |title=Greenland Elections: Go American, Stay Danish, Or Go It Alone? |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/greenland-elections-denmark-america-trump/33340963.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] – [[2025 Belizean general election]]: The incumbent [[People's United Party]] wins a second term in a landslide victory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keme-Palacio |first=Benita |date=2025-03-05 |title=General Elections 2025: An Election Like No Other - Channel 5 Belize |url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/general-elections-2025-an-election-like-no-other/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 13]]–[[March 16|16]] – [[Tornado outbreak of March 13–16, 2025|Severe storms and at least 92 tornadoes]] with winds up to  {{convert|170|mph|abbr=on}} in the United States result in the deaths of at least 40 people.<ref>{{Cite web |first1= Nadine |last1=El-Bawab |first2=Ivan |last2=Pereira |first3=Jack |last3=Moore |first4=Bill |last4=Hutchinson|first5=Leah |last5=Sarnoff |title=Tornado outbreak live updates: 40 dead in cross-country storm system |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/tornado-outbreak-live-updates-18-dead-dozens-injured/?id=119832914 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yablonski |first=Steven |date=2025-03-18 |title=Deadly severe weather outbreak spawns nearly 90 tornadoes in 13 states as communities begin to rebuild |url=https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/severe-weather-tornado-outbreak-us-midwest-southeast-northeast-march-2025 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=FOX Weather |language=en-US}}</ref>{{importance inline|date=April-2025}}
* [[March 16]]
** A [[Kočani nightclub fire|fire breaks out]] in a nightclub in [[Kočani]], North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70wdedp20wo | title=North Macedonia nightclub fire claims more than 50 lives in Kocani | date=March 16, 2025 }}</ref>
** [[Keith Rowley]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] after nine years in office, and is succeeded by [[Stuart Young]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-26 |title=Trinidad and Tobago PM to resign on March 16 - Jamaica Observer |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/02/26/trinidad-tobago-pm-resign-march-16/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.jamaicaobserver.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rampersad |first=Sharlene |date=2025-03-14 |title=Young to be sworn-in as prime minister on March 17 |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2025/03/14/young-to-be-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-on-march-17/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[March 18]]
** Israel [[March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip|launches]] widespread aerial bombardments and attacks on the [[Gaza Strip]], killing at least 591 people, including children, ending the [[2025 Gaza war ceasefire|ceasefire agreement]] reached in January.<ref>{{cite web|title= Israel kills 71 in predawn attacks on Gaza; Netanyahu warns of 'fierce' war|url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/20/live-israel-kills-70-in-gaza-netanyahu-warns-of-fierce-war-expanding|website=Al Jazeera|date=18 March 2025}}</ref>
** The [[President of Somalia]], [[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]], survives [[Attempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud|an attack on his convoy]] by [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]], killing at least 10 people.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/somalia-alshabab-bombing-attack-9a71d32b66cfc677da6edaa73359ef9b?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share A roadside bomb in Mogadishu targeted the president's convoy, Somalian government says]</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[2025 Turkish protests|Nationwide protests]] erupt across [[Turkey]] following the [[Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu|arrest]] of the mayor of [[Istanbul]], [[Ekrem İmamoğlu]], on charges of corruption and terrorism.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 March 2025 |title=Protests erupt in Turkey after Erdogan rival arrested |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yren8mxp8o |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 March 2025 |title=Hundreds arrested in third night of Turkey protests |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20l4xexp7go |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=BBC}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – [[Kirsty Coventry]] is elected as the 10th, first female and African [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] in the first round of voting in the [[144th IOC Session]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy4v91e3e1wo Coventry elected first female IOC president as Coe beaten]</ref>
* [[March 21]] 
** A major power outage causes [[Heathrow Airport]] in [[London]] to completely shut down, with disruption expected to last for days, affecting thousands of flights around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How air travel worldwide is being disrupted after fire near UK's Heathrow Airport |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/21/travel/air-travel-disruption-london-heathrow-fire/index.html |date=21 March 2025 |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=CNN|language=en}}</ref>
** [[2025 Curaçao general election]]: The incumbent [[Movement for the Future of Curaçao|MFK]] wins an absolute majority in parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caribbean countries going to the polls in 2025 {{!}} Loop Trinidad & Tobago |url=https://tt.loopnews.com/content/caribbean-countries-going-polls-2025 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Loop News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vordev |date=2025-03-11 |title=Curaçao elections scheduled for March 21, 2025 |url=https://www.curacaochronicle.com/post/main/curacao-elections-scheduled-for-march-21-2025/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.curacaochronicle.com}}</ref>
** South Korea experiences one of its [[March 2025 South Korea wildfires|worst wildfires]] in modern history; over 87 000 hectares of land are destroyed in [[South Gyeongsang Province]], killing at least 28 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2025 |title= At least 24 dead in South Korea's 'worst ever fires' |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lp365pd1go.amp |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=BBC|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – A 7.7-magnitude [[2025 Myanmar earthquake|earthquake]] occurs in [[Myanmar]], resulting in 5 413 killed and 11 402 injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-28 |title=Powerful quake in Southeast Asia kills several, Myanmar declares state of emergency |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/strong-earthquake-central-myanmar-panic-bangkok-2025-03-28/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.reuters.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Massive Myanmar earthquake causes widespread destruction with dozens trapped in collapsed Bangkok building |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025 |website=BBC|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=M 7.7 - 2025 Mandalay, Burma Earthquake |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s/executive |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025 |website=[[USGS]]|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – The [[Caribbean guilder]] is introduced, replacing the [[Netherlands Antillean guilder]] as the currency for [[Curaçao]] and [[Sint Maarten]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://exch.centralbank.cw/functions/banknotes-coins/caribbean-guilder/frequently-asked-questions |access-date=2024-06-30 |publisher=[[Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten]] |location=Willemstad}}</ref>
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